Silver Hill Hospital

Silver Hill Hospital was founded by John Millet in 1931 as Silver Hill Inn as a setting to help patients described as "nervous, depressed, anxious, or malingering."[5] It was located in the Silvermine River Valley of Fairfield County, straddling the borders of Wilton and New Canaan, Connecticut.[6]

Starting in 1971, focus was placed on building the hospital's substance abuse program. By 1984, that program included a psychiatrist, an associate psychiatrist, a psychologist, substance abuse counselors, nursing staff, and a recreational and occupational therapist.[2]

The inpatient acute care unit was built in 1985[7] to provide treatment to patients whose mental illness call for constant supervision.[5]

In 2012, The Chronic Pain and Recovery Center program launched.[8] In 2015, both an eating disorder program for adults[9] and an outpatient opioid addiction program launched.[10]

The hospital's 42-acre campus includes former family homes acquired by the hospital's board over time, allowing for longer-term treatment and transitional living programs on the campus.[7] The restoration of these homes generated several awards from a local historical preservation society. These include:

• Scavetta House, which serves as a men's residential facility.[11]
• River House, a 1913 English Tudor style home that has served as a patient residence since the 1980s[11] and now houses the Dialectical Behavior Therapy residential program,[12] which helps patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder regulate feelings by charting emotions.[5]
• Klingenstein House, a 1920s guesthouse that now houses the Adolescent Transitional Living Program.[12][13][14]

• Silver Hill Hospital website