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Article: Essex County Hospital Center Institute for Mental Health Policy, Research and Treatment, Cedar Grove, NJ.(Project Innovations 2008)
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- October 1, 2008
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Built on an 11-acre, sloping site, the new Essex County Hospital Center's Institute for Mental Health Policy, Research and Treatment--a 180-bed, acute-psychiatric-care facility--replaces a turn-of-the-century-era healthcare building that, although architecturally striking, had become outdated and technically insufficient, with limited capabilities for accommodating modern psychiatric treatment programs.
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Special Design Features The center is organized around the concept of a healing village, comprised of a series of multi-story buildings with specific functions for patient care. At the heart of this village is a central outdoor ...
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January 12, 2007 ;
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... ... partnership between the Mental Health Association of Essex County and the University ... director of the Mental Health Association of Essex County. "There are ... HealthCare, the Mental Health Association of Essex County and the County ...
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