Central State Hospital (CSH), located in Milledgeville, opened in 1842 as Georgia’s first public psychiatric hospital. Today, CSH provides services that meet nationally recognized accreditation and regulatory standards. These services include 24-hour residential services and habilitation programs for individuals with mental retardation/developmental disabilities; psychiatric evaluation, treatment and recovery services for persons referred from various components of the state’s criminal justice and corrections systems; specialized skilled and intermediate nursing home care for individuals with significant medical and nursing needs in addition to mental illness or mental retardation/developmental disabilities. CSH also operates staff-supervised residential homes in the community for consumers with mental illness or mental retardation/developmental disabilities.
