Withersty D J, Sumner C R, Stevenson J M
Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
W V Med J. 1999 Mar-Apr;95(2):62-3.
In 1992, the West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) and the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Dept. of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry (BM & P), entered into a collaborative effort to provide treatment for patients at the state-operated psychiatric hospital in Weston, W.Va. Within five years, patients were moved into a new, modern facility renamed the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, which is JCAHO approved and Medicare certified; the clinical and nursing staff has increased by 38%; and students from a variety of disciplines rotate through for training. In addition, 70% of all patients admitted are discharged within 20 days or less.
