E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital

E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital, in Monrovia, Liberia, is the sole psychiatric hospital in the Republic of Liberia.[1][2] It is located on Du Port Road in the Paynesville community in Monrovia. [3]

E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital
Geography
LocationDu Port Road, Paynesville, Monrovia, Monrovia, Liberia,
Organisation
Affiliated universityUniversity of Liberia A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine
Services
Links

Prior to 2008, the hospital was a private hospital run by a German NGO, Cap Anamur. [4] In 2008, it was absorbed into the public health system, to be administered by JFK Hospital. [5]

The hospital had capacity for 80 inpatients. It also provides outpatient consultation[6], and groups for people who use substances .[7]

As of 2019, the hospital was served by two psychiatrists[8]. A psychiatry residency program was established in 2019, in collaboration with the University of Liberia A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine. Psychiatry and family medicine residents spend time on their psychiatry rotations in the hospital. [9]

See also

References
  1. Molly Knight Raskin (March 20, 2014). "The lingering wounds of Liberia's 14-year civil war". GlobalPost.
  2. "Liberia Expands Access to Mental Health Care". VOA News. June 13, 2010.
  3. Konton, Julius. "For Overcrowdiness, E.S. Grant Mental Hospital Begs For Relocation". KMTV News. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  4. Estey, Myles (October 8, 2010). "My Brother's Keeper". Maisonneuve.
  5. "Culture and Mental Health in Liberia: A Primer" (PDF). World Health Organization. 2017.
  6. "E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Liberia: striving to help people with mental illness get well". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  7. "Updates from the Field: Dr. Ojediran's First 6 Months in Liberia". Boston University Psychiatry. December 12, 2017.
  8. "BUMC Psychiatry: Updates from Liberia". Boston University, School of Medicine, Psychiatry. August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  9. "Updates from Liberia". Boston University School of Medicine. August 2, 2019.

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