Silver Hill Hospital

Silver Hill Hospital is a non-profit psychiatric hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut.[2] established in 1931. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and provides behavioral health care treatment.[3] This includes psychiatric and addiction services.

Silver Hill Hospital
Geography
LocationSilvermine River Valley of Fairfield County, New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates41.165°N 73.469°W / 41.165; -73.469
Organization
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypePsychiatric
Services
Beds129 [1]
History
Opened1931
Links
Websitesilverhillhospital.org
ListsHospitals in Connecticut

From 2010-2018, Silver Hill Hospital hosted the annual Giving Hope Gala, a fundraiser to benefit the Patient Financial Aid Fund, which assists patients lacking funds to cover the costs for the hospital's long-term residential treatment programs. The gala was founded by Michael Cominotto and husband Dennis Basso.[4]

History

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]

Facilities

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]

References
  1. "Behavioral Health Care" (PDF). ct.gov/. Retrieved February 7, 2017. ...and Silver Hill Hospital, Inc. with 129 licensed HMIP beds in New Canaan.
  2. Sheehy, Michael (1984). "Silver hill foundation substance abuse service". Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 1 (4): 287–289. doi:10.1016/0740-5472(84)90009-6. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  3. "The Joint Commission Quality Check". qualitycheck.org. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  4. Zilkha, Bettina (November 18, 2015). "2015 Silver Hill Hospital Giving Hope Gala Raises Over $1 Million". Forbes. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  5. Slocum, Bill (September 1, 2007). "Mending Body and Soul". New Canaan - Darien Magazine. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  6. "About Silver Hill Psychiatric Hospital | Mental Health Hospital CT". Silverhillhospital.org. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  7. "Only in the Darkness Can You See the Stars". Visionaries. Season 21. PBS. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  8. Kang, Crystal (August 28, 2014). "Silver Hill Hospital takes nondrug approach to chronic pain". Fairfield Business Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  9. Enos, Gary A. (November 9, 2015). "Silver Hill launches multi-level eating disorders program". Addiction Professional. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  10. Dinan, Michael (March 5, 2015). "Q&A: Silver Hill Launches Outpatient Opioid Addiction Program". New Canaanite. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  11. Fisher, Joshua (May 24, 2014). "Silver Hill receives historic preservation award". The New Canaan Advertiser. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  12. Sigurd, Ackerman (June 5, 2015). "Silver Hill gets Historic Preservation award". The New Canaan Advertiser. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  13. "Klingenstein House, Silver Hill Hospital". New Canaan Preservation Alliance. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  14. "New Canaan Preservation Alliance to hold annual awards event". Houston Chronicle. April 22, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
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