Music Therapy at Saint Louis Forensic Treatment Center
A little history about our facility
South Campus
Over 150 years ago, our dome building was erected in St. Louis City, towering over much of the local south city skyline. When this hospital first opened in 1869, it was home to 150 mental health patients from the St. Louis area. As our understanding of mental health care advanced, the staff continued to adjust treatment to provide the most up-to-date, humane, and comprehensive care. In 2020, it officially became known as St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center - South (FTC-S)​. Our patients moved from the dome building many years ago and now reside in a newer building on the same campus. FTC-S consists of five treatment programs that provide services within specific living areas: the Social Learning Program, the Transitional Rehabilitation Program, Deaf Services Program, New Outlook Program, and Forensic Responsibility Program. Each program aligns with a different treatment modality so that we can better serve our patients through individualized treatment that fits their needs best. FTC-S is considered a minimum security, forensic, long-term psychiatric facility.
North Campus
Our north campus has a slightly different background. Built in 1939, and originally known as Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, this was a facility for more acutely ill mental health patients. in 1964, it became part of the Missouri Department of Mental Health and was integrated as a state facility (much like FTC-S). Years later, the building was vacated, but it continued to provide acute care and eventually moved to their current location in 1996. ​ Becoming known as Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center, this campus continued to provide acute care and emergency room services to the north St. Louis City area. In the early 2000's, programming took a drastic shift; no longer an acute facility, it became a competency restoration program for the mentally ill that were deemed unfit to stand trial in the Missouri Court of Law. In 2020, it officially became known as St. Louis Forensic Treatment center - North (FTC-N).