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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies
Department of Mental Health
Agency Web page
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Published histories/articles |
State Library Collections |
List of Commissioners
Agency Web page
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Statutory Authority
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Chapter 120, 1953 Supplement.
Sections 1519d-1528d, 1531d-1533d, 1535d, 1955 Supplement.
Sec. 17a-450, CGS.
1953, October 1, established. Succeeded the Joint Committee of State Mental Hospitals comprising representatives from the Boards of Trustees of the State Mental Hospitals :
Connecticut Valley Hospital, (started in 1867)
Norwich State Hospital (started 1904)
Fairfield Hills State Hospital (started 1933)
Connecticut Child Study and Treatment Home (started 1953)
1975, P.A. 75-524, transferred children’s psychiatric services from the Dept. of Mental Health to the Dept. of Children and Youth Services
1995, absorbed into Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Published Histories/Articles :
Connecticut. Dept. of Mental Health. Five Years of Progress, Accomplishments in the Mental Health System, 1981-1986. Hartford: Connecticut Department of Mental Health, [1986?] [CSL Call Number ConnDoc M68 fiye]
The Mentally Ill in Connecticut : Changing Patterns of Care and the Evolution of Psychiatric Nursing, 1636-1972. Hartford: Dept. of Mental Health, 1974, pp. 467-480. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc M68 meil]
Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Connecticut. Dept. of Mental Health.
Annual Reports are located in :
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc M68 rep]
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40]
State Archives Record Group : RG 021
List of Commissioners :
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Name |
Years of Service |
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John J. Blasko , M.D. |
May 15, 1954-June 1957 |
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Elias J. Marsh, (Acting) |
July 1957-August 1958 |
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Wilfred Bloomberg, M.D. |
September 1, 1958-October 1969 |
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Ernest Shepherd, (Acting) |
October 1969-February 1971 |
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Ernest Shepherd |
March 1, 1971-December 1975 |
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Eric A. Plaut, M.D. |
January 1976- |
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Audrey M. Worrell, M.D |
July 1981- |
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Deborah J. Carr, M.P.H. (Acting) |
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Michael F. Horgan, Ph.D. |
1986/87- |
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Albert J. Solnit, became Commissioner of newly formed Dept. of Mental Health and Addiction Services in 1995 |
1990/91-1995 |
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.