DeJarnette Sanitarium

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DeJarnette Sanitarium (also spelled DeJarnette Sanitorium), later known as the DeJarnette State Sanatorium and the DeJarnette Center for Human Development, was a psychiatric hospital in Staunton, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1932 by psychiatrist and eugenicist Joseph S. DeJarnette, it operated as a semi-private institution for mental-health treatment and became associated with the Virginia eugenics movement and state sterilization programs. The facility remained active under various names until 1996, when its services were relocated to a new site, leaving the original complex abandoned.

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