Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital

Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital
Geography
Location Yaba, Lagos Mainland, Lagos State, Nigeria
Organisation
Funding Public hospital
Links
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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]

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. October 4, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Oyedeji Ayonrinde; Oye Gureje; Rahmaan Lawal (June 1, 2004). "Psychiatric research in Nigeria: bridging tradition and modernisation". (6) 536-538; (154). The British Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1192/bjp.184.6.536.
  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 January 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Psychiatric hospital now market, says MD". Retrieved January 2, 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 January 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ Sola Ogundipe (December 27, 2016). "We treated more patients in 2016, received less funds from FG". The Vanguard. Retrieved January 2, 2017.

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