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|Today, the new Camden County Health Services Center at Lakeland and Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Hammonton provide psychiatric services for county residents. Larger|
ranging from A to Z -- Abilify and Antabuse to Zolof and Zyprexa -- soon became standard treatments in modern psychiatry.
Despite the undeniable strides both hospitals had made in treating the mentally ill, Ancora wasn't the only one to take its licks in the press. From the 1960s through the 1980s, Lakeland was rocked by charges of inefficient operations, the ups and downs of political uncertainties and negative community perceptions. By 1998 the decision was made to consolidate county operations into a single, modern facility occupying 226,000 square feet. Today that sprawling complex at Lakeland is known as the Camden County Health Services Center, part of which is a modern, 158-bed Behavioral Health facility that, along with Ancora Psychiatric Hospital, provides state-of-the-art psychiatric care for the residents of Camden County.
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