Mendota Mental Health Institute

Mendota Mental Health Institute (MMHI) is a public psychiatric hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It is operated by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The institute opened July 14, 1860, as the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane. It was the first mental hospital in Wisconsin. In 1935, the facility was renamed Mendota State Hospital, and in 1974 it became Mendota Mental Health Institute. Its highest patient population was 1,300 in 1959. In 1997, there were fewer than 300 patients. References