Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases
Programs and institutions for the mentally ill and retarded of Massachusetts were among the responsibilities successively of the Board of State Charities (St 1863, c 240), State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (St 1879, c 291), and State Board of Lunacy and Charity (St 1886, c 101). They were then the sole responsibility successively of the State Board of Insanity (St 1898, c 433), Massachusetts Commission on Mental Diseases (St 1916, c 285), Dept. of Mental Diseases (St 1919, c 350, ss 79-81), and Dept. of Mental Health (St 1938, c 486)
From the description of Registers of patients in private hospitals, 1884-1914 (bulk 1894-1914). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79074195
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Diseases. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Health. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts. Dept. of Mental Health. Facilities Management Division. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts. State Board of Insanity. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Massachusetts. State Board of Lunacy and Charity. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | McLean Asylum for the Insane. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | McLean Hospital. | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts |
| Subject |
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| Psychiatric hospital patients |
| Occupation |
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| Activity |
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| Admitting patients |
| Monitoring mental health facilities |
| Monitoring mentally ill |
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