Saint Clare's Hospital, Catholic Health Initiatives, located at Boonton, New Jersey, is a 100-bed psychiatric facility.
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The hospital has children crisis intervention services (CCIS), adult crisis intervention services (ACIS), alcohol & chemical dependency unit (ACDU), and psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). The hospital also several outpatient programs, for adults and children. The hospital was once called Riverside Hospital. About 20 years after the hospital started, Saint Clare's merged with it to create Saint Clare's Riverside Hospital.
St. Clare's Hospital was acquired by Prime Healthcare Services on July 31, 2015. The effective date of the sale was deferred until October 1, 2015.
Notable employee: Themistoklis Bakelas, former behavioral health counselor turned social worker who worked on every psychiatric unit in the Boonton Campus and later as a mental health screener in Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) in the Denville Campus. Bakelas, a self-proclaimed historian on deinstitutionalization, is a firm believer in ideas behind "moral treatment" and the Kirkbride plan as well as Carl Rogers' person-centered approach. Bakelas was seen as both a rebellious individual and reliable employee, and a true advocate for the chronic mentally ill.
See also
- In re Quinlan: court case for a patient
References
External links
- Official website
