The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, in turn, is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research.
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St. Elizabeths Hospital
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St. Elizabeths Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Southeast Washington, D.C. operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health. The hospital opened in 1855 under the name Government Hospital for the Insane, the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States.
An early 20th century photo of the Center Building at St. Elizabeths, one of the oldest structures on the hospital campus
Aerial view of the West Campus in 2015h
The Center Building at St. Elizabeths in 2006