Dix Hospital

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Dix Hospital was a former state psychiatric hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina, that served as a major mental health facility before its services were transferred to Central Regional Hospital.

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instanceOf mental health facility
psychiatric hospital
state hospital
adjacentTo downtown Raleigh
campusArea approximately 300 acres
closureDate 2012
coordinates 35.770°N 78.662°W
country United States
dissolutionDate 2012
formerUse state psychiatric hospital campus
hasHeritageDesignation historic site (former hospital campus)
hospitalType inpatient psychiatric hospital
inception 1856
locatedIn Raleigh, North Carolina
linked to: Raleigh
locatedInAdministrativeEntity North Carolina
Wake County, North Carolina
namedAfter Dorothea Dix
notableFor being one of North Carolina’s primary state psychiatric hospitals
long-term inpatient treatment of people with severe mental illness
openingDate 1856
operatedBy North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
ownedBy State of North Carolina
linked to: North Carolina
partOf North Carolina state mental health system
publicAccess no
replacedBy Central Regional Hospital
serviceArea central North Carolina
significantEvent transfer of services to Central Regional Hospital
specialty mental health care
psychiatry
subsequentUse Dorothea Dix Park (city park on former campus)

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Central Regional Hospital replaced Dix Hospital