Research

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of patient case files from the Syracuse Developmental Center and its predecessors. Case files typically contain documentation on court commitment or voluntary admission, patient mental and medical history at the time of admission, progress and regress reports, records of medical treatments, family contacts, transfers among residential units, disciplinary measures, and discharges. Files since the 1970s also contain considerable documentation on treatment plans and on Medicaid/Medicare benefits.