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Connecticut Retreat for the Insane Institute of Living

 The Connecticut Retreat for the Insane has changed its name to, The Institute of Living.

Below is the link for a map around the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane. http://www.instituteofliving.org/images/IOLMap.gif. Below is a link that shows a picture of the 35-acre land and around the grounds of the institute. http://www.instituteofliving.org/images/iol_grounds_aerial_zoom.jpg

 **//All About It://** The Institute of Living is a mental health center located in Hartford, Connecticut which is also a part of the Hartford Hospital. The Connecticut Retreat for the Insane was built in 1823 and was opened to patients in 1824.   **//Money and Supplies://** The Hartford Retreat for the Insane cost $12,000 to build and could hold up to 40 patients at a time. It cost $3.00 for an instate resident to stay and $4.00 for an out of state resident to stay.

**//History://** This was the first hospital of any kind that was established in Connecticut and it was the third psychiatric hospital that was located in Connecticut. The first superintendent for the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane was Eli Todd.

The Institute of Living was a 35-acre campus and was built by landscaper Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1860's.
 * //Landscape: //**

 **//Background on Eli Todd: //** Eli Todd was the first superintendent for the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane. He was born on July 22nd, 1769 and died on November 17th, 1833. He was a pioneer in the treatment for the mentally ill.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(19,2,2)"> More of the Institute of Living: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(19,2,2)"> Its services include:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> outpatient
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> day treatment
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> residential (supervised living)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> inpatient
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> crisis intervention
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> consolation

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">It also includes a Webb School for elementary, middle, and high school students who have mental problems as well.

Specialty Programs:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Addiction Recovery Service
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Adult Programs
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Anxiety Disorders Center
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Eating Disorders
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Trauma Services

<span style="COLOR: rgb(58,5,235); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(59,9,211)">**//Treatment from the 19th Century to now://** The institute does clinical trials to test new drugs and is now a leader in outcome studies. Helpers at the institute devised a new unique computerized clinical alert system. In 2002, the institute opened the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center which cost $25 million. The complex was dedicated to research in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders. It soon opened an exhibition called "Myths, Minds, and Medicine" and it focused on the history of the institute and psychiatric treatment itself. <span style="COLOR: rgb(20,4,98); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(13,41,145)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(37,37,173)">This is a permanent and very museum-like complex. It explores the mentally ill from a time when they were kept in chains and even cages because they were thought to be possessed by evil spirits. The institute sometimes went further and that included insulin shock therapy, crude electroconvulsive therapy, and lobotomy. <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,1,65); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">The ONRC was founded in 2001 and opened in 2002. The mission of the ONRC is to be at the forefront of the neuroscience research in psychiatric and psychological disorders, particularly *schizophrenia. <span style="COLOR: rgb(55,70,119); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> //*schizophrenia-// a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
 * //<span style="COLOR: rgb(20,4,98); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="COLOR: rgb(37,37,173)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(13,41,145)">Myths, Minds and Medicine:  //**
 * //<span style="COLOR: rgb(3,1,65); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center(ONRC): //**

<span style="COLOR: rgb(9,3,73); FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **//Where I got my Information://** [|http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~asylums/hartford_ct/index.html</span] > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institute_of_Living http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Eli_Todd http://www.instituteofliving.org/ http://www.instituteofliving.org/visitors_area/myths.html http://www.instituteofliving.org/research/onrc.htm http://www.seniorhealthsolutionsct.org/images/iol.jpg http://www.instituteofliving.org/images/iol_grounds_aerial.jpg http://www.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2006/302/6168706_116226844580.jpg http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/webpics/Frederick_Law_Olmsted.jpg

**//Below is a letter from the Institute of Living://** Letter from Institute of Living granting permission to use images from their site