Zucker Hillside Hospital

Zucker Hillside Hospital is a psychiatric facility[1][2][3] that opened in 1926, relocated to its present address in 1941, and was renamed[4] in 1999 to its present name.[5]

Zucker Hillside Hospital
Northwell Health
Geography
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Coordinates40.75226914026147°N 73.71022068635428°W / 40.75226914026147; -73.71022068635428
Organization
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
OpenedJune 1926
Links
ListsHospitals in New York

Overview

Zucker Hillside Hospital is an in-patient and out-patient psychiatric hospital. In the 1940s they were an early deployer of Electroshock therapy.[5] Over half of their mentally ill patients reportedly "recover or show much improvement."[6] Zucker Hillside operates as a division of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, [2] following a 1971 merger.[7]

History

The hospital opened as Hastings Hillside Hospital[8] at a location in Westchester County[9] in June of 1926.[10]

Neuro-Psychiatrist Dr. Israel Strauss was its founder,[11][12][13] and its focus is curable mental illnesses.[9] They relocated[14] to Glen Oaks, Queens in 1941,[9] having raised funds to build Hillside Hospital[15] in 1939.[14]

In 1948 they began construction of another building, "which will increase the capacity of the hospital from 88 to 172 beds." [16][17] By the time of their 1971 merger with Long Island Jewish Medical Center they had 200 psychiatric beds,[7] and Hillside patients were participating in a system of self-government.[18]

Wender Welfare League

Wender Welfare League was formed in 1934 by former patients of the hospital.[19] In 1942 they opened "a playground and recreation center covering several acres."[20] The League subsequenty changed its name to the League for Mental Health.[21]

See also

References
  1. "Zucker Hillside Hospital, Treatment Center, Glen Oaks, NY". Psychology Today. June 27, 2020.
  2. "Naomi Rau, Thomas Goldman". The New York Times. October 12, 2003. Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y., a division of Long Island Jewish Medical Center
  3. "The Zucker Hillside Hospital". Architect Magazine. 223-bed psychiatric facility
  4. Reed Abelson (November 13, 2006). "Without Popular Appeal, a Hospital Program Can Suffer". The New York Times. renamed the Zucker Hillside Hospital.
  5. Nicholas Bakalar (August 17, 2015). "1940: Electroshock Therapy". The New York Times. The hospital has pioneered in the use of .. electric shock treatment
  6. Lucy Freeman (October 1, 1948). "Hillside Hospital Aid Mentally Ill with Modified Psychoanalysis, It Reports, 85% of Patients Get Well or Improve". The New York Times.
  7. "Hospital Complex Is Formed by Merger". The New York Times. November 21, 1971. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  8. "HILLSIDE HOSPITAL TO SEEK $1,500,000; $100,000 Pledge Opens Drive-- Plan to Enlarge Plant Is Outlined at Dinner. CHILD CARE CONTEMPLATED Mental Institution Also Proposes to Set Up Cottage Community, Dr. Israel Strauss Tells 500. Much Mental Illness Curable. Shows Development Plans. To Build Cottage Community". The New York Times. November 26, 1928. Retrieved November 29, 2020. the Hastings Hillside Hospital, an institution for the care and treatment of curable nervous and mental diseases
  9. "Hillside Hospital Welcomes to City; $700,000 Institution Formerly in Westchester Opened on Site in Queens". The New York Times. October 20, 1941.
  10. "Jewish Sanatorium to extend its work: Hastings Hillside Hospital for the Mentally Ill Plans Appeal for Funds. WAS OPENED LAST JUNE Facilities Now Inadequate, Says Head of Mental Health Society -- Free Service to the Poor". The New York Times. December 4, 1927.
  11. "Dr. Israel Strauss, Noted Jewish Physician, Dies in New York". JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency). April 6, 1955. president and founder of Hillside Hospital and of the Committee for Mental Hygiene
  12. "Israel Strauss, Physician, Dead; Neuro-Psychiatrist, 81, Was President of the Society of Hillside Hospital in Queens". The New York Times. April 5, 1955.
  13. "$120M Inpatient Psychiatric Pavilion Opens at Zucker Hillside Hospital". December 11, 2012.
  14. Hal Borland (December 17, 1939). "Pioneers in Mental Health Expand Program; Hillside Hospital to Build New Plant to Carry on Modern Methods". The New York Times.
  15. "Hillside Hospital to Expand". The New York Times. March 28, 1948.
  16. "Cornerstone is laid at Hillside Hospital". The New York Times. October 25, 1948.
  17. William R. Conklin (October 24, 1949). "Dewey Dedicates New Hospital Unit; Addition of Lowenstein Pavilion to Queens Institution Hailed as Aid to Mental Hygiene". The New York Times. at Hillside Hospital
  18. Natalie Jaffe (October 31, 1965). "Queens Mental Hospital Patients Help Set Rules for Themselves; System of Self-Government Aids in Improving Morale at Voluntary Institution". The New York Times.
  19. Steven J. Taylor (2009). Acts of Conscience: World War II, Mental Institutions, and Religious Objectors. ISBN 978-0-8156-0915-5.
  20. "Recreation Center Opens: Former Patients Add to Facilities at Hillside Hospital". The New York Times. October 26, 1942. Retrieved November 30, 2020. in honor of Dr. Louis Wender, medical director of the hospital
  21. "League for Mental Health, Inc". DOS.ny.gov (New York Department of State). September 2, 2020. Previous Names: League for Mental Health, Inc; Wender Welfare League
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