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Dorothea Dix Hospital

Physical Location:
820 S. Boylan Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-2176
Mailing Address:
3601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-3601
(919) 733-5540

Dorothea Dix Hospital, founded in 1856 as North Carolina's first hospital dedicated to the treatment of mental illness, sits on a hill in south Raleigh overlooking downtown. Current specialty units include adult admissions, adult long-term, adolescent residential treatment, forensics treatment and pre-trial evaluation, clinical research, medical, and child outpatient training.

We hope you will learn about the hospital and its founder, Dorothea Lynde Dix, through the various links provided below.

Dorothea Dix Biography Dorothea Dix Hospital Guide
Dorothea Dix Hospital History Dorothea Dix Hospital Cemetery
Spring Hill House Dorothea Dix Hospital Historic Photos
Postings for jobs at Dorothea Dix Hospital

Dorothea Dix Hospital Human Rights Committee meets the first Monday of each month at 12:00 noon in McBryde Building Room 113. Meetings are open. Call (919)733-8410 for information.

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Updated May 11, 2010
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