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Bryce Hospital

This facility is located in Tuscaloosa adjacent to the University of Alabama. It is the state's oldest and largest inpatient psychiatric facility. The hospital currently has 464 beds, but at the time the famous Wyatt litigation begain it held more than 2,000 patients. It serves a variety of patients in residential treatment and rehabilitation programs. Services include programs for acute care, rehabilitation, Medicaid certified adolescent inpatient care (40 beds) and extended care.

Female Forensic inpatients from the northern 2/3 of the state are housed and treated at this hospital.

In addition, Bryce operates two Medicaid certified intermediate care facilities, providing an additional 354 beds for persons with serious mental illness. All programs and facilities meet the requirements for accreditation by JCAHO, as well as by Medicare and Medicaid. The Harper Geriatric Hospital, which opened during 1995, is physically located on the Bryce campus. It has more than 100 Geriatric Beds