A hospital providing mental health services that is funded with public monies. Funding could come from a local, state or federal source.
PUBLIC MENTAL HOSPITAL: "Willimette Hospital was a public mental hospital."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PUBLIC MENTAL HOSPITAL," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/public-mental-hospital/ (accessed August 10, 2022).