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Massachusetts state hospital system
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Massachusetts_state_hospital_system
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
state hospital system
gptkbp:established
19th century
gptkbp:governedBy
gptkb:Massachusetts_Department_of_Mental_Health
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
early adopter of state-run psychiatric care
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Massachusetts state hospital system
gptkbp:includes
gptkb:Medfield_State_Hospital
gptkb:Westborough_State_Hospital
gptkb:Belchertown_State_School
gptkb:Boston_State_Hospital
gptkb:Fernald_State_School
gptkb:Foxborough_State_Hospital
gptkb:Lyman_School_for_Boys
gptkb:Metropolitan_State_Hospital
gptkb:Monson_State_Hospital
gptkb:Northampton_State_Hospital
gptkb:Worcester_State_Hospital
gptkb:Wrentham_State_School
gptkb:Danvers_State_Hospital
gptkb:Bridgewater_State_Hospital
gptkb:Grafton_State_Hospital
gptkb:Taunton_State_Hospital
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:deinstitutionalization_movement
closure of Danvers State Hospital in 1992
closure of Northampton State Hospital in 1993
closure of Worcester State Hospital in 2012
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Massachusetts
gptkbp:purpose
public health
mental health care
care for the developmentally disabled
gptkbp:status
many hospitals closed or repurposed
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Grafton_State_Hospital_(former)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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