History
The Silver Hill Foundation was established by William B. Terhune in 1934 [4] as a "medical and psychotherapeutic unit to diagnose and treat functional nervous disorders". [5] Terhune was the founder of the psychiatric department at Yale University [6] and had promoted the idea that psychiatric patients not be treated differently than other patients with a medical condition. [7] The original facility was established as a non-profit, voluntary psychiatric hospital and was a member of the American Hospital Association. It could treat up to 60 patients at a time. [5]
In 1958, the foundation dedicated a community clinic building. [5]
It was located on the site of the former Silver Hill Inn as a setting to help patients described as "nervous, depressed, anxious, or malingering". [8] It was located in the Silvermine River Valley of Fairfield County, straddling the borders of Wilton and New Canaan, Connecticut. [9]
Starting in 1971, focus was placed on building the hospital's substance abuse program. By 1984, that program included a psychiatrist, an associate psychiatrist, a psychologist, substance abuse counselors, nursing staff, and a recreational and occupational therapist. [2]
The inpatient acute care unit was built in 1985 [10] to provide treatment to patients whose mental illness call for constant supervision. [8]
In 2012, The Chronic Pain and Recovery Center program launched. [11] In 2015, both an eating disorder program for adults [12] and an outpatient opioid addiction program launched. [13]
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