Figure C.5: State and County Psychiatric Hospitals in New Jersey

Hospital Name Number of Bedsb Facility Characteristics Average Length of Stay (Days)
State Psychiatric Hospitalsa
Ancora Psychiatric Hospital 726 Adults and 33 developmentally disabled/mentally ill; 135 geriatric and 116 forensic beds 1,224
Brisbane Child Treatment Center 50 Children 11–18 years old 118
Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital 288 Adults and 188 geriatric beds 576 general population
513 geropsychiatric
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital 538 Adults 566
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital 478 Adults 477
County-Owned Psychiatric Hospitals
Bergen Regional Medical Center 307c Adults, 120 geriatric, 8 forensic Intermediate cared
Buttonwood Hospitale 30 Adults 28
Camden County Health Services Center 158 Adults Usually 30 days or less
Essex County Hospital Center 400 Adults Intermediate care
Meadowview Hospital 84 Adults Intermediate care
Runnells Hospitale 44 Adults Intermediate care

Sources: Information provided by staff from the Department of Mental Health Services and Buttonwood Hospital during study team site visit.

a The Division of Mental Health Services also runs the Ann Klein Forensic Center, a 200-bed inpatient psychiatric unit within a State prison.
b Staffed beds.
c 100 beds are classified as IMD, the remaining 207 beds are not. The psychiatric hospital is part of a larger 1,185-bed surgical/acute care facility.
d Intermediate care generally refers to lengths of stay of more than 30 days but less than 6 months.
e Not an IMD. Part of a larger, long-term care facility.

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