Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital

The Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, also known as Yaba Psychiatric Hospital or Yaba Left, is a Nigerian Federal psychiatric hospital in Yaba, a suburb of Lagos.[1]

Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital
Geography
LocationYaba, Lagos Mainland, Lagos State, Nigeria
Coordinates6.505432°N 3.373566°E / 6.505432; 3.373566
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialists
Services
History
Former name(s)Yaba Asylum
Opened1907
Links
ListsHospitals in Nigeria

History

Yaba Psychiatric Hospital was established in Lagos in 1907 as Yaba Asylum. Mental health care was provided by medical officers before the emergence of mental health professionals; psychiatrists and psychologists in custodial interventions.[2][3][4][5] [6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Fed Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, pioneers biological psychiatry in West Africa". The Vanguard. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. Oyedeji Ayonrinde; Oye Gureje; Rahmaan Lawal (1 June 2004). "Psychiatric research in Nigeria: bridging tradition and modernization". The British Journal of Psychiatry. (6) 536-538 (154): 536–538. doi:10.1192/bjp.184.6.536. PMID 15172949.
  3. Arthur John Jex-Blake; John Ambrose Carman (2003). The East African Medical Journal, Volume 80, Issues 7-12. East African Medical Journal (University of California). Medical Association of East Africa (British Medical Association).
  4. Kamaldeep Bhui (2012). Culture and Mental Health: A comprehensive textbook. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-444-1136-62.
  5. "Yaba Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital seeks improved funding". The Vanguard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. "Psychiatric hospital now market, says MD". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. Marleen Dekker; Rijk van Dijk (2010). Markets of Well-being: Navigating Health and Healing in Africa. 9. BRILL. ISBN 978-9-004-2011-01.
  8. "Psychiatric hospital records more mental cases". The Nation. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  9. Sola Ogundipe (27 December 2016). "We treated more patients in 2016, received less funds from FG". The Vanguard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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