Kissy Mental Hospital

Kissy Mental Hospita is the only mental hospital in Sierra Leone.[1]

History

Male Asylum
Female Asylum

Kissy Lunatic Asylum was the first Lunatic Asylum established in colonial Sub-Saharan Africa. It was established in 1820 in Kissy and originally catered for both mentally and physically ill people who could not look after themselves.[2]:28 The Asylum was classified as a Colonial hospital in 1844.[2]:28 As the British expanded their colonial holdings. the catchment area of the asylum came to encompass the whole of British West Africa.[2]:28

References

  1. ↑ MacDougall, Clair (15 October 2012). "http://europe.newsweek.com/edward-nahim-sierra-leones-only-psychiatrist-65489?rm=euEdward Nahim: Sierra Leone’s Only Psychiatrist". Newsweek. Retrieved 29 April 2016. External link in |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 Akyeampong, Emmanuel (2015). Akyeampong, Emmanuel; Hill, Allan G.; Kleinman, Arthur, eds. The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

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