Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Yaba

Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba came into existence on October 31, 1907 when the hospital was set up as an asylum under the British Colonial rule.The first batch of 48 inmates were admitted in a disused Nigeria Railway Building in Yaba.

Over the years, the hospital has witnessed four developmental stages. The first stage, (1907  1950) was purely asylum state. The function of the hospital was custodial i.e. keeping the mentally ill away from the society. During this period, there were padded cells and drugs such as paraldehyde, mist alba etc were prescribed by the doctors and administered by the asylum attendants. There were no nurses, no beds and beddings, no uniform and no form of psychiatric treatment. 

+234 01 7743174, +234 01 7743174

Website: neuropsychiatrichospitalyaba.gov.ng

Phone: N/A

Address: 8, Havey Road Yaba Lagos 2008 Nigeria