Patton State Hospital

History
Patton State Hospital is located in San Bernardino, California. Opened in 1893 as the Southern California State Asylum for the Insane and Inebriates, it was renamed Patton State Hospital after Harry Patton, a member of the first Board of Managers, in 1927.

Patton opened as a state run, public sector forensic hospital. It is licensed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Patients are judicially committed, mentally disordered adult individuals.

Commitment categories

 * Incompetent to Stand Trial
 * Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity
 * Mentally disordered sex offender committed prior to 1982
 * Competent to stand trial but requiring continued inpatient treatment during trial
 * Mentally disordered offender parolee
 * Department of Corrections patients
 * Mentally Disordered Offenders
 * Female Sexually Violent Predators
 * Temporary conservatorship
 * Court-commitment imminently dangerous behavior
 * Post-parole mentally disordered offender

Employees, staff and officers
Executive Director of Patton is Octavio C. Luna. Chair of Psychology Department is Craig Lareau, Ph.D., J.D. ABPP, ABCD