Dix Psychiatric Center retains Joint Commission accreditation: 3 thoughts

The Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, of Bangor, Maine, earned its accreditation after the Joint Commission conducted an unannounced three-day review, The Daily Progress reports. Here are three thoughts. 

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1. The center is one of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services psychiatric hospitals.

2. The center first earned accreditation in 1988.

3. The center is a 51 bed psychiatric hospital serving two-thirds of the state’s geographic area. It provides services for patients with mental illness. The center provides both inpatient and outpatient care.

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