Middletown State Hospital
| Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital | |
|---|---|
| State of New York | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Middletown, Orange County, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°27′N 74°26′W / 41.45°N 74.44°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | Homeopathic mental health facility |
| History | |
| Founded | April 20, 1874 |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (also known as Middletown State Hospital or Middletown Psychiatric Center) was a hospital for the treatment of mental disorders located in Middletown, New York. It opened on April 20, 1874, and was the first purely homeopathic hospital for mental disorders in the United States. The hospital, which served "mentally ill patients from Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties". employed a number of new techniques for the treatment of mental disorders, most notably the use of baseball as a therapy.
It closed in 2006.