The Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB) was established as an independent entity on 8th December 1980, after amalgamation of the Mental Hospital which was functioning under the Directorate of Health Services since July 1957, and the Department of Psychiatry of the Goa Medical College functioning since 1968. The IPHB was shifted from Altinho, Panaji to a newly built premises Read more...

Himachal Hospital for Mental Health and Rehabilitation has been offering services since 2nd October 2004, prior to which psychiatry department of IGMC Shimla, was the only medical setting where patients could approach mental healthcare services. Our 62 patient bed facility includes 50 psychiatric and 12 rehabilitation beds. Our multidisciplinary team that includes a psychiatrist, 4 general medical officers and 6 Read more...

It started as custodial care asylum in 1953 it transformed itself into Government Hospital for Mental Care in 60s and later attained the status of Institute in 70s, with addition of UG and PG training in psychiatry and as a research  nodal centre in 2000(21st Century). The products of the Institute are all over the state, the country and the Read more...

The history of this institute dates back to 1795 A.D. when the Lunatic Asylum was established in Munghyr near the court premises south of the Ganges River. It was shifted to Patna in November 1821 and was located at Patna Collegiate School. Subsequently the Lunatic Asylum was shifted to present location at Kanke, Ranchi in the last week of April Read more...

Sriram Chandra Bhanja (S.C.B.) Medical College and its hospital, is presently running its 63rd year of existence. Established in the Pre-Independence India, under the British Raj in 1944. To be a world leader in the area of Mental Health and Neurosciences and evolve state-of-the-art approaches to patient care through translational research. Develop expertise and set standards of care for diseases Read more...

Mental hospital is a specialty hospital, with its patients having their special needs. broadly, the patients can be acutely disturbed and excited, or behaviourally settled. most of the patients are mobile, and, therefore, need more open space. average stay of patients in a mental hospital is usually much longer than their counterparts in other hospitals, and they frequently suffer from Read more...