| Georgia Mental Health Institute | |
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| State of Georgia | |
.jpg) GMHI in 2018 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Coordinates | 33°47′18.8″N84°20′32.6″W / 33.788556°N 84.342389°W /33.788556; -84.342389 |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Government, Non-profit |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Emory University |
| Services | |
| Specialty | Psychiatric hospital,Teaching hospital |
| Helipad | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Closed | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Georgia |
TheGeorgia Mental Health Institute (GMHI) was apsychiatric hospital which operated from 1965 to 1997 nearEmory University inDruid Hills,Atlanta, Georgia. It was located on the grounds of theBriarcliff Estate, the former residence ofAsa G. Candler, Jr., the son of the founder ofCoca-Cola.
Emory and the state of Georgia jointly developed the GMHI.[1] Emory doctors provided some of the mental health services at GMHI, and some residents and fellows received part of their training in psychiatry there. Emory also had its own pediatric psychiatric outpatient programs based at the facility. The university also had 10 faculty scientists conducting 18 research studies at GMHI, focused on mental health, brain and central nervous system diseases. At its closing it had 141 beds and a $24.5 million budget. Due to rising costs, the Georgia Department of Human Resources proposed that the hospital close. They decided that they could send GMHI patients to other hospitals nearby and use the $24.5 million budget in other community mental health services.[2]
After the institute closed, the 42-acre campus was purchased by Emory University from the state of Georgia for $2.9 million.[3] The university planned to turn the property into a biotechnology research and business development center.[3] Unofficially the campus was referred to as "Emory West", and the university considered either renovating the existing 17 buildings or constructing new ones.[1] Plans for the second campus were scaled back after faculty expressed a desire to remain at the main campus, but the university still planned to build the EmTech Bio Sciences Center as of 2000.[4]
In 2022, Emory University leased the property for 99 years to a private developer, Galerie Living who plans to build on the property a senior living community. Due to that, all former hospital buildings on the campus will be demolished.[5]
TheNetflix seriesStranger Things used the Georgia Mental Health Institute as afilming location for the in-universe location "Hawkins National Laboratory".[6]
The Institute also appears in Alex Garland'sCivil War, where it is the scene of a fight between militiamen and loyalists.
The building appears briefly as an exterior shot of a hospital in the 2024 filmElevation.
DC's "Doom Patrol" takes place at "The Briarcliff" (mansion) next door and they briefly show the façade and shoot in front of it for a few scenes.[7]
The Vampire Diaries also filmed here.[8]
Georgia's small towns outside of Atlanta, including Douglasville, Conyers, Jackson, Winston and Fayetteville, easily pass for the Midwest, and Jackson's intact downtown isn't a far stretch from 1983 Hawkins on film.
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