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	Wikinfo \| Enoch Pratt
		Enoch Pratt (1808 - 1896) was an American businessman in Baltimore, a Unitarian, and a philanthropist.
		In 1851 Pratt and his partner invested in Western Maryland coal mines and iron yards in the Baltimore neighborhood of Canton.
		Pratt, upon his death in 1896, stipulated that his bequest be used to complete construction of the Sheppard Asylum, enlarge the facility to house 200 additional patients, serve the indigent, and that the name of the institution be changed to The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Enoch_Pratt (426 words)

	Historic Towson, Inc.
		Sheppard Pratt has made their archives available to us and we have access to hospital Board of Director’s minutes and invoices for its contruction, long ago photographs including home movies and Calvert Vaux’s original plans.
		First, the hospital is undergoing a transition from a long-term care facility to a short-term and out-patient facility, in response to climactic changes in care brought about by drug treatment and shifting insurance policies for mental health care delivery.
		In recent years, the hospital has sold or leased parcels of its land to Towson University (athletic facilities and a stadium have been built on former hospital grounds) and to the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (Gilchrest Center is the most recent building on former hospital grounds).
	www.historictowson.org /seph.htm (747 words)

	The Child Protection Racket; Freedom Magazine
		An ongoing investigation by Freedom shows that the Maryland-based Sheppard Pratt psychiatric facilities that Sharfstein oversees as president and CEO exploit coercive methods that range from threats of involuntary commitment to forced drugging, restraints and brutal electric shocks.
		Sheppard Pratt charges tens of thousands of dollars for shock "treatments" that last mere seconds, but permanently damage the brain.
		At Sheppard and Enoch Pratt, she said, "I was seen by a doctor who informed me that I had just two alternatives — to sign the hospital's release for voluntary admission or be involuntarily committed."
	www.freedommag.org /english/vol38i/page17.htm (895 words)

	Towson Chamber of Commerce
		Sheppard Pratt Health System: is a private, non-profit behavioral health organization that provides a full range of services in a variety of settings to meet the needs of children, adolescents, adults and older adults.
		Built on what had been a 340-acre farm a few miles north of Baltimore City, the original Sheppard Asylum was greatly enhanced by an endowment from Enoch Pratt, upon his death in 1896 and subsequently renamed Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
		In 2004 Sheppard Pratt Health System served more than34,000 individuals and provided approximately 799,000 units of mental health services, which describes patient days of hospitalization, partial hospitalization, residential treatment or respite, or of special education, psychiatric school rehabilitation or outpatient programming operated by Sheppard Pratt.
	www.towsonbusinessassoc.org /towson_md.cfm (977 words)

	A new hospital for modern-day psychiatric care: patient privacy was an important design consideration for Sheppard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sheppard Pratt Health System, Maryland's largest behavioral health services provider, is constructing a new psychiatric hospital with 192 all-private rooms--perhaps the first of its kind in the nation--to replace its existing acute inpatient hospital located on its 110-acre campus in Towson, Maryland.
		Sheppard Pratt's goal is to build a state-of-the-art hospital that supports and facilitates the modern-day practice of psychiatry.
		To achieve this, the new Towson hospital was designed to convey the institution's reputation as one of the nation's top psychiatric facilities, expressed both in its patient care and in a new physical environment dedicated to patient privacy and healing.
	www.allbusiness.com /health-care-social-assistance/147545-1.html (601 words)

	Eclipsys Clinical Solutions Selected by Maryland’s Largest Behavioral Health System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sheppard Pratt, recognized as one of the nation’s top psychiatric organizations, selected Eclipsys software because of its flexibility to meet the specialized needs of a complex regional behavioral health system.
		The non-profit Sheppard Pratt Health System, in operation since 1891, is Maryland’s largest provider of behavioral health and special education services and is recognized as one of the nation’s top psychiatric facilities in an annual poll conducted by U.S. News and World Report.
		Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation, Inc., acts as the parent corporation for the Sheppard Pratt Health System and its affiliates and for the Sheppard Pratt Physicians, PA. For more information, visit www.sheppardpratt.org.
	www.eclipsys.com /News/PressReleases/05-07-06_Sheppard_Pratt_signs.asp (923 words)

	Psychiatry and the Aftermath of September 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sheppard Pratt and Taylor Manor are both freestanding, privately operated psychiatric facilities.
		Taylor Manor Hospital is located on 55 acres in the Ellicott City area of Howard County and has been operated by the Taylor family since 1939.
		Sheppard Pratt, Maryland’s largest provider of psychiatric services, is a comprehensive behavioral health provider delivering mental health and special education services in 13 Maryland jurisdictions and Virginia.
	www.mdpsych.org /archive/02SU_Sheppard_Pratt.htm (483 words)

	Saving Sheppard Pratt's history - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He started down the preservation road by writing The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in 1971; and in 1986, Gatehouse: The Evolution of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 1853-1986.
		A second bequest, from Enoch Pratt, in 1896, five years after the hospital opened, of $1,631,493 allowed for a quicker completion of missing elements of the hospital.
		Pratt's only stipulation was that the name be changed from the Sheppard Asylum to the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
	baltimoresun.com /news/local/bal-ht.bc.pratt19jun19,0,6839982.story?... (776 words)

	Meet our Physicians
		He did his internship at Beth Israel Hospital in New York and completed his residency training at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland.
		A native of Turkey, Dr. Kalafat received her medical degree from Trakya Medical School and was a private practice primary care physician in Turkey for eight years, part of which she served as the medical director for the Yavuz Sultan Regional Medical Center.
		A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Chissell completed his residency in psychiatry at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and did his internship in internal medicine at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.
	www.wmhs.com /services/bh_services/bh_physicians.cfm (720 words)

	Psychiatry Residency Program - The Campus and Core Teaching Facilities
		The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital is located in Towson, approximately fifteen miles from the University of Maryland Medical Center.
		The core clinical facilities for psychiatry include the Medical Center, Sheppard Pratt, the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System, and the State Mental Hygiene Administration System, which includes the Walter P. Carter Center, the Spring Grove Hospital Center and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.
		The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital -- Inpatient services include psychotic disorders, short-stay adult, chemical dependency, geriatric psychiatry, trauma disorders, child, adolescent, adolescent neuropsychiatry and eating disorders as well as a psychopharmacology consultation service.
	www.umm.edu /psychiatry/psych-core.html (444 words)

	Int-yrs-8.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Anna had a room of her own at Sheppard and was allowed to decorate it and hang her paintings and pictures in abundance.
		Her artwork was predominant in the hospital patient's publication of poems, writings and art.
		During the course of her stay at Sheppard, Anna learned, through conversation with other patients who had also been sexually assaulted as small children, that she wasn't "the only one in the world." She was then able to describe the details of her own abuse at three years of age, to her mother.
	www.annafoundation.org /Int-yrs-8.html (257 words)

	The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital is a mental hospital located in the north Baltimore, Maryland suburb of Towson.
		The future of the Asylum was greatly enhanced when in 1893, upon his death, Baltimore merchant Enoch Pratt bequeathed a substantial amount of his fortune to complete the construction and expand the asylum with the stipulation that the name change to The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
		Today the hospital is one of the leading mental health providers in the United States, being constantly ranked in the top 10 by US News and World Report.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Sheppard_and_Enoch_Pratt_Hospital (280 words)

	Ideas in Action: Maryland Builds a Thriving Health Care Work Force - October 2005
		Ernestine Cosby, R.N., inpatient unit director at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Baltimore, was looking for a way to recognize outstanding contributions to patient care.
		The morale teams meet once a month, where upcoming events are discussed and responsibilities are assigned to each team, including purchasing and preparing food for the activity, setting up for the activity, cleaning up after the activity, and decorating for the activity.
		Sheppard Pratt provides a budget to allow the morale teams to plan their activities, but Cosby and a few physicians also contribute money towards the holiday party.
	www.mdhospitals.org /mha/Ideas_in_Action/October_2005/sheppard.pratt.htm (492 words)

	Psychiatry Residency Programs: Letter from the Chairman
		Here you will have ample exposure to psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, opportunities to work with world-class researchers, and training in all modalities that you may be called upon to practice.
		Our program is based at the University of Maryland Medical System and at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
		Sheppard Pratt Hospital, one of the first private psychiatric hospitals in the United States, is ranked among the top ten psychiatric treatment systems nationally.
	www.umm.edu /psychiatry (234 words)

	Harry Stack Sullivan, Major, United States Army
		Clinical research at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital occupied a portion of Sullivan's life, as did an appointment in the University of Maryland's School of Medicine.
		William A. White, a major figure in American psychiatry and an psychoanalyst, helped him secure a job at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Baltimore, which proved to be a turning point in Sullivan's career.
		By 1926 Sullivan had faculty appointments, was director of research at his hospital, was active in many psychiatric societies, and became associate editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /hssullivan.htm (1868 words)

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		In 1954, the hospital was given the family name and became Taylor Manor Hospital.
		In May, 2002 the Sheppard Pratt Health System and Taylor Manor Hospital signed a binding letter of intent leading to Sheppard Pratt’s asset acquisition of the programs on July 1, 2002.
		The Sheppard Pratt at Ellicott City hospital is currently licensed for 92 psychiatric beds and also operates the Taylor Residential Treatment center and special education school, as well as an adolescent respite service.
	www.taylorhealth.com /history.html (727 words)

	Sheppard Pratt Health System-Locations-Baltimore
		Sheppard Pratt Health System operates a 322-bed psychiatric hospital that is comprised of the following units:
		Additional services available throughout the day hospital include family, group and individual therapy; art and recreation therapy; pharmacotherapy; and aftercare groups.
		Sheppard Pratt is inside the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) off of Exit 25.
	www.sheppardpratt.org /sp_htmlcode/sp_locations/sp_loc_balt_sp.aspx (1160 words)

	Slate Savers In The News
		Slate Savers is on its third leg of a $1.8 million project that involves repairing brick, replacing downspouts and grouting a 70,000-square-foot slate roof at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Towson, Md.
		Last year, Slate Savers covered the more than 100-year-old roof of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital's B Building with an acrylic polymer grout aimed at restoring the slate cover.
		On Wednesday night, the hospital evacuated 51 psychiatric patients and 10 staff members from its B Building as a lightning-induced fire ripped through its cupola.
	www.slatesavers.com /SlateSaversInTheNews.htm (1420 words)

	Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital - Robert A.M. Stern Architects
		Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital - Robert A.M. Stern Architects
		Our 223,000-square-foot addition to a nationally-landmarked psychiatric hospital in Baltimore designed in the 1860s by architect Calvert Vaux takes its cues from the original building.
		The addition is composed of wall-like pavilions that give the building a domestic scale and create outdoor garden spaces.
	www.ramsa.com /project.aspx?id=140 (190 words)

	Health
		Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the world's largest medical institutions, offers a variety of volunteer opportunities for college students interested in gaining experience in a healthcare setting.
		Sheppard Pratt is a prominent psychiatric center for treatment, education and research.
		Union Hospital is a 425 bed community hospital with approximately 50 placements available for volunteers who can commit 3 to 6 hours per week for a full semester.
	nmc.loyola.edu /cvs/health.html (564 words)

	The Business Monthly
		In addition to operating an outpatient clinic in Columbia called Waystation, Sheppard Pratt will now be able to provide inpatient and related psychiatric services on the Taylor Manor campus.
		Serving 30,000 patients annually, Sheppard Pratt is Maryland's largest provider of psychiatric and behavioral health services, with program offerings in 13 Maryland jurisdictions and Virginia.
		Headquartered in Towson, its flagship campus is home to Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, which is licensed for 322 psychiatric beds.
	www.bizmonthly.com /6_2002_focus/f_4.html (504 words)

	Residency Training Program in Psychiatry (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt training program has thrived ever since and is one of the largest programs in the country.
		The core clinical facilities for the psychiatry residency program include the University of Maryland Medical Center, Sheppard Pratt, the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System and the State Mental Hygiene Administration System, which includes the Walter P. Carter Center, the Spring Grove Hospital Center and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center.
		The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital includes four general adult inpatient units; a trauma disorders unit; a child and adolescent service; an outpatient clinic; services for geriatric psychiatry, chemical dependency and chronic psychosis; a general adult day hospital and several specialty day hospitals; community treatment programs and two half-way houses.
	medschool.umaryland.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /Psychiatry/residency.asp (1347 words)

	Golden opportunities \| April 2005 \| Professional Roofing Magazine
		The buildings on the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital campus stand proud as examples of Victorian architecture that house the labors of mental health care and research.
		The price of slate was too costly for the hospital, and the only other options were to replace the roof with a less expensive material that would hurt the buildings' historical value or save the existing slate roof system.
		The Slate Savers system appeared to be a good choice for the hospital, preserving the historical integrity and providing some additional benefits, as well.
	www.professionalroofing.net /article.aspx?A_ID=622 (2628 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Some state hospitals have had several names, and it seems like any institution that lasted from the 19th century into the 20th century had at least one name change.
		Preserved hospitals canstill be in use as psychiatric hospitals, used for another purpose, or abandoned.
		Intrusion at psychiatric institutions, residences, and hospitals which are still in operation is strongly discouraged (along with any sort of trepassing at any place where entry or exploration is prohibited or illegal).The privacy and treatment of the residents and patients must be respected.
	www.rootsweb.com.cob-web.org:8888 /~asylums/mainpage.html (2001 words)

	Media Reviews
		Permeated with a strong message on the importance of the natural and built environment, the film will highlight the historical contributions of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, where the original landscaping and architecture was deliberately created to promote a compassionate philosophy of care.
		In 1891, the design, construction and opening of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital heralded an unprecedented collaboration between a physician (D. Tilden Brown) and architect (Calvert Vaux), which has served as a model in health care for over a hundred years.
		Featured in the film are interviews with former patients, architects, historians, art historians, and other hospital staff.
	www.mdpsychfoundation.org /archives/2003/05/index.html (976 words)

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		Sheppard Pratt Health System-Eating Disorders The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt.
		Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital 6501 N. Charles Street Units B1, 2 and 3 Baltimore, Maryland 21204 Sheppard Pratt Health System - Towson, MD, 21204 - Citysearch Baltimore, MD. Clear recent locations.
		Sheppard Pratt Health System Last modified Friday, November 18, 2005 Sheppard Pratt Health System 6501 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21285 info@sheppardpratt.org.
	newsinbill6.hubbswat.org (284 words)

	New Page 1
		A documentary portrait of a private psychiatric hospital founded in mid-nineteenth century, a celebrated treasure of American psychiatric treatment.
		This film is about the last built and best designed of the early private psychiatric hospitals in the United States, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital.
		Full cooperation, support, and assistance in this project from the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital are gratefully acknowledged.
	www.historictowson.org /Documentary.htm (407 words)

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