Article: Essex County Hospital Center Institute for Mental Health Policy, Research and Treatment, Cedar Grove, NJ.(Project Innovations 2008)

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facility--replaces a turn-of-the-century-era healthcare building that, although architecturally striking, had become outdated and technically insufficient, with limited capabilities for accommodating modern psychiatric treatment programs.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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