Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center
Mary Louise McEwen, Superintendent
DHHS Offices will be shut down on Monday, July 6 2009 as part of the State's cost savings measures.
For details on shutdown policy and essential services, visit our Shutdown policy page.
Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center formerly known as Bangor Mental
Health Institute located in Bangor, Maine is one of two State
psychiatric hospitals under the Maine State Department of Health
and Human Services. DDPC is a 100 bed psychiatric hospital serving
two-thirds of the State's geographic area that provides services
for people with severe mental illness. The Institute is governed
under laws established by the Maine Legislature to provide care
and treatment for inpatients, both voluntary and court committed
inpatients, as well as outpatients. DDPC is part of a comprehensive
mental health system of services in Northern and Eastern Maine,
which includes community mental health centers, private psychiatric
and community hospitals and private providers.
