| Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 0089CL-001 | Mental Health | Budget projections for FY 1981 and potential program reductions; oppose closing Norwich Hospital; supports state participating in federal program, the Independent Living Initiative, to expand independ | |
| 159 | 0089CL-002 | Mental Health | March 1981 | Hiring freeze having significant impact on Department; complaint about Norwich Hospital discharge policy; Governor appointed Director of Institute for Living; comments concerning proposed federal rule |
| 159 | 0089CL-003 | Mental Health | April-May 1981 | Oppose closing Norwich Hospital; concern about planned reorganization of the Department; patient at mental hospital claims no treatment is being provided; Institute of Living's Employee and Department |
| 159 | 0089CL-004 | Mental Health | June 1981 | Recommendations for Commissioner; concern about forced leave of absence of Dr. Arafeh from Connecticut Valley Hospital; report of items stolen from patient at Connecticut Valley Hospital; oppose staff |
| 159 | 0089CL-005 | Mental Health | July-August 1981 | Reports of sexual harassment at Fairfield Hills Hospital; oppose closing Norwich Hospital; protest being committed; concern about forced leave of absence of Dr. Arafeh from Connecticut Valley Hospital |
| 159 | 0089CL-006 | Mental Health | September-December 1981 | Protests funding cuts to Department; suggestions for improving mental health system; want discharge from hospitals; testimonial to Dr. Arafeh; family home care operators request increase in their fees |
| 159 | 0089CL-007 | Mental Health--Cornerstone | 1981 | Urge Governor to transfer funds to Cornerstone, a community mental health facility, so it can keep operating. Funds were not granted. |
| 159 | 0089CL-008 | Mental Health--Dr. Arafeh | 1981 | Commissioner explains his request for Dr. Arafeh to take extended leave; asks Governor to investigate conflict between Commissioner and Arafeh before taking action; newspaper stories; notes by Governo |
| 159 | 0089CL-009 | Mental Health--Letter of Intent | 1981 | Directions to members of the Governor's Interagency Independent Living Task Force; letter of support from mental health agency; letter to Washington Office about the letter of intent indicating Connec |
| 159 | 0089CL-010 | Mental Health--Memos to/from Commissioner | 1981 | Analysis of staffing issues, including Workers' Compensation; Dr. Arafeh's letter of resignation; Governor's comments for testimonial dinner for Commissioner Worrell; Commissioner wishes to discuss lo |
| 159 | 0089CL-011 | Mental Health | 1982 | Patient asks about Governor's health; patient wants money to buy cigarettes. |
| 159 | 0089CL-012 | Mental Health | 1983 | Complaint filed against the Department by the New York Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; criticism of patient intake policies at Fairfield Hills Hospital; concern about inability to or delay in |
| 159 | 0089CL-013 | Mental Health--Memos [to/from Commissioner] Worrell | 1983 | Problem with emergency housing for fire victims at Connecticut Valley Hospital; quarterly report of Blue Hills Hospital Advisory Board; Department's declaratory ruling in response to petition from the |
| 160 | 0089CL-014 | Mental Health | 1984 | Reports on programs from Commissioner Worrell; community health program in Greenwich threatened by lack of funds; status report on the impact of community programs on inpatient bed utilization. |
| 160 | 0089CL-015 | Mental Health | 1985 | Concern about quality assurance in patient care; concern about impact of deinstitutionalization on patients. [Bucked to Department for response.] |
| 160 | 0089CL-016 | Mental Health | 1986 | Federal audit of grant-funded program; personnel issues; protest staff reductions and consolidation of wards at state hospitals; alcoholic patients not treated properly; need for better methods of hos |
| 160 | 0089CL-017 | Mental Health--Connecticut Valley Hospital | 1986 | Patients critical of alcohol treatment program; protest suspension of Psychology Internship Program at the hospital. [All letters bucked to Department for response.] |
| 160 | 0089CL-018 | Mental Health--Gateway Communities, Stamford | 1986 | Protest loss of funding for halfway house program; Board of Directors question evaluation of program; Regional Director's review of Gateway; requests Governor's intervention in preventing loss of fund |
| 160 | 0089CL-019 | Mental Health | January-March 1987 | Patients complain about conditions at hospitals, particularly food; personnel issues; report on death of patient while in mental health facility; response to audit report; allegations of abuse against |
| 160 | 0089CL-020 | Mental Health | April-June 1987 | Patients request discharge, say they are being held against their will; problem with billing; support for proposed legislation concerning respite care for former psychiatric patients who are now at ho |
| 160 | 0089CL-021 | Mental Health | July-August 1987 | Patients complain about treatment at hospital; parents complain about treatment given son; patient wishes to remain in his residential facility; protest closing of Cornerstone halfway house; patients |
| 161 | 0089CL-022 | Mental Health | September 1987 | Patients request transfer to another facility; patients write about their delusions; patients complain about conditions and staff at hospitals; personnel issues; information concerning a hospital's a |
| 161 | 0089CL-023 | Mental Health | October 1987 | Information concerning a federal grant to provide services to the homeless mentally ill; allegation of harassment of and discrimination against male employees at mental health center; application for |
| 161 | 0089CL-024 | Mental Health | November 1987 | Patient claims he is forced to take drugs; patients write about their delusions; patient requests discharge; response to audit report; personnel issues; application for the Community Mental Health Se |
| 161 | 0089CL-025 | Mental Health | December 1987 | Patients write about their delusions; constituent concerned about reports that mental patients will be discharged without a support network; patients complain about conditions at hospitals; requests i |
| 161 | 0089CL-026 | Mental Health--Quarterly Reports | 1987 | |
| 161 | 0089CL-027 | Mental Health | January-March 1988 | Patient requests transfer to another hospital; patients complain about conditions at hospital; former patient wants records expunged; patients write about their delusions; complaint about staff at a c |
| 161 | 0089CL-028 | Mental Health | April-May 1988 | Request for information about licensing mental health counselors; patient updates; wife protests removal of husband from current health care facility; patients request transfer to another hospital; pe |
| 161 | 0089CL-029 | Mental Health | June-July 1988 | Thanks Governor for signing bill prohibiting discrimination of those with mental disabilities; patient update; possible strike at mental health center; Department will assist in preparing a budget for |
| 161 | 0089CL-030 | Mental Health | August 1988 | Patient wants to return to hospital from a supervised apartment; personnel issues; patient requests discharge; patient complains about conditions at hospital; minutes from Advisory Board meeting at Ce |
| 162 | 0089CL-031 | Mental Health | September 1988 | Employees complain about heat at Fairfield Hills Hospital; employees complain about condition of Hispanic mental health center; patient not happy with move to group home; parents complain about child' |
| 162 | 0089CL-032 | Mental Health | October 1988 | Concern about budget reduction and cuts in mental health services; patient feels mental health workers deserve higher pay. |
| 162 | 0089CL-033 | Mental Health | November 1988 | Department nominates client for a Victory Award; concerns about budget reduction and cuts in mental health services; patient writes about delusions; personnel issues; concerns about lack of cooperati |
| 162 | 0089CL-034 | Mental Health | December 1988 | Southeast Asian Refugees need mental health services; need for crisis intervention center in northwest Connecticut; personnel issues; report of positive impact of P.L. 88-288, An Act Prohibiting Discr |
| 162 | 0089CL-035 | Mental Health | January-March 1989 | Concerns about budget reduction and cuts in mental health services; patients complain about conditions or treatment at hospital; patient writes about delusions; Governor's office intervenes in crisis |
| 162 | 0089CL-036 | Mental Health | April-May 1989 | Patient requests transfer to another hospital; Governor's office intervenes in crisis situation; former patient claims loss of personal items; concerns about budget reduction and cuts in mental health |
| 162 | 0089CL-037 | Mental Health | June-July 1989 | Responses to audit reports; patient writes about delusions; concerns about budget reduction and cuts in mental health services; personnel issues; patient requests his records; Governor's office interv |
| 162 | 0089CL-038 | Mental Health | August 1989 | Governor's office intervenes in crisis situations; express anger toward state for releasing patient from Whiting Forensic Institute who subsequently murdered Jessica Short, a child, on the street in M |
| 162 | 0089CL-039 | Mental Health | September 1989 | Governor's office intervenes in crisis situations; wants sibling to remain in Whiting Forensic Institute; express anger toward state for releasing patient from Whiting Forensic Institute who subsequen |
| 163 | 0089CL-040 | Mental Health | October-December 1989 | Mother alleges son being held illegally; Commissioner explains staff shortages; Governor and Commissioner praised for their handling of the Jessica Short murder; employee protests closing wards at Nor |
| 163 | 0089CL-041 | Mental Health | January-February 1990 | Patient writes about delusions; paper on the deinstitutionalization movement; crisis intervention center needed in northwest Connecticut; concern for rights of mentally ill in aftermath of Jessica Sho |
| 163 | 0089CL-042 | Mental Health | March-May 1990 | Complaint about conditions at group home; concern that Clozapine, a new drug to treat schizophrenia, not available at state institutions, Governor responds that an implementation program is starting; |
| 163 | 0089CL-043 | Mental Health | June-August 1990 | Patients request discharge; complaints about treatments; oppose temporary leave for violent patients; protest increase in salaries for state mental health workers without an equal increase for those i |
| 163 | 0089CL-044 | Mental Health | September-December 1990 | Patients protest the amount of time they have been in a hospital; warning to Governor about possible additional shift of financial responsibilities for mental health care to the states; parent request |
| 163 | 0089CL-045 | [Mental Health]--Institutes | 1990 | Information sent to members of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Living, including minutes of previous meetings, agendas, and proposed by-law changes. |
| 163 | 0089CL-046 | Mental Health--[Memos to/from Commissioner] | 1990 | Responses to audit reports; revision to allocation plan for Community Mental Health Services to the Homeless Block Grant; State Ethics Commission clarifies its Advisory Opinion 90-3 concerning honorar |