The Institute of Living, founded in 1822, is one of America's oldest and most distinguished psychiatric institutions. Now a division of Hartford Hospital within Hartford HealthCare, offering a full continuum of psychiatric services including crisis evaluation, inpatient care, residential treatment, and outpatient programs. Eli's Retreat provides 13-bed short and long-term residential care. Nationally recognized Anxiety Disorders Center on satellite campus in Cheshire, CT. Highest ratios of clinical staff-to-patients in the region.
Best for
Adults with acute and complex psychiatric conditions who need full resources of an academic medical center, particularly those with anxiety disorders or treatment-resistant mood disorders.
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Founded in 1822, one of the ten oldest psychiatric institutions in the United States and the first hospital in Connecticut. Part of the original wave of American institutions that understood mental illness as treatable through sustained therapeutic engagement. Eli's Retreat (13-bed residential) and Todd House preserve the tradition of residential psychiatric care within a modern academic medical center. Anxiety Disorders Center nationally recognized for specialized treatment.