State Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts May Close Due to Budget Cuts

December 10, 2001 State Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts May Close Due to Budget Cuts Hundreds of mentally ill patients in Massachusetts may face eviction from group homes if the state follows through with proposed budget cuts. The state legislature approved of $650 million in budget reductions in November 2001. The nearly $30 million in proposed cuts in the Department of Mental Health would mean the elimination of 14 percent of the beds in the Department of Mental Health's psychiatric wards, 11 percent of residential beds for children, and 5 percent of beds in group homes for adults, all of . . .