History of the Stockton State Hospital

Authors

Michael J. Wurtz, University of the PacificFollow

Document Type

Lecture

Date of Presentation

2007

Abstract

In 1852, the state decided that all mentally-ill patients in California would be cared for in Stockton. A year later an “Insane Asylum” was built. The Stockton State Hospital had been part of the community for 144 years before it closed in 1996.

Comments

This is a repeating lecture given by Mike Wurtz since 2007.

Recommended Citation

Wurtz, M. J. (2007). History of the Stockton State Hospital.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/libraries-pres/166