Spring Grove Hospital Center 2727005 212691504 2008-05-15T21:03:16Z Sebwite 2592350 {{coord|39|15|53|N|76|43|21|W|type:landmark|display=title}} [[Image:Maple_st.jpg|thumb|The Spring Grove campus]] '''Spring Grove Hospital Center''', formerly known as Spring Grove State Hospital, is a [[psychiatric hospital]] located in the [[Baltimore, Maryland]] suburb of [[Catonsville]]. Founded in [[1797]], Spring Grove is the second oldest continuously operating psychiatric hospital in the United States. Today, the hospital operates 426 beds and has approximately 800 admissions and discharges a year. Service lines include adult and adolescent acute psychiatric admissions, long term inpatient care, medical-psychiatric hospitalization, forensic evaluation services, inpatient psychiatric research, and assisted living services. The facility is owned and operated by the State of Maryland and is the location of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center which is renowned for its research into the causes of, and best treatments for, [[schizophrenia]]. ==History== Founded in 1797, Spring Grove is the nation's second-oldest psychiatric hospital. Only the Eastern State Hospital which was founded in 1773 in [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], is older. ==External links== [[Image:MainArchitect53.jpg|thumb|1853 architect's rendering]] *[http://www.springgrove.com/ Spring Grove Hospital Center website] [[Category:Psychiatric hospitals in the United States]] [[Category:Hospitals in Baltimore County, Maryland]] [[Category:Baltimore County, Maryland landmarks]] {{Hospitals in Maryland}}