The Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, also known as Yaba Psychiatric Hospital or Yaba Left, is a

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in Yaba, a suburb of

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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.

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Hospitals in Lagos Hospitals established in 1907 1907 establishments in the Southern Nigeria Protectorate Psychiatric hospitals in Nigeria Yaba, Lagos {{Africa-hospital-stub