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Silver Hill Hospital has the charm and feel of rural New England, yet it is easily accessible due to its proximity to major cities, highways and transportation hubs.
In post-discharge surveys and interviews, many patients credit the beauty of Silver Hill Hospital’s campus as a vital contributing factor in their healing process. Features such as the architecture of the buildings, the ever- changing labyrinth (complex structure of paths on the East Campus), rippling brooks and tranquil ponds, tall trees and peaceful setting make Silver Hill the bucolic, healing place it is.
Dr. Rocco Marotta, a psychiatrist at Silver Hill, noted that civilizations historically built hospitals and churches on islands to isolate people in an environment of beauty, peace and healing. Dr. Marotta likes to think of the residential programs on Silver Hill’s wooded campus as an enclave of healing as the Silvermine River creates a natural separation.
“It’s like an ancient hospital on an island all by itself,” he says.
Your support helps us maintain this healing environment to improve outcomes for patients.
In fact, the grateful family of a former patient has made a major gift to improve the landscaping on the hospital’s campus. That work is currently underway. While this extraordinary gift will transform a central feature of campus, unrestricted annual fund gifts help us to care for and maintain the beautiful environment on campus every day.
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SILVER LININGS MAGAZINE | ISSUE THREE | FALL 2021