E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital
E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Du Port Road, Paynesville, Monrovia, Liberia |
Coordinates | 6°18′56″N 10°48′27″W / 6.315605°N 10.807372°WCoordinates: 6°18′56″N 10°48′27″W / 6.315605°N 10.807372°W (Approximate) |
Organisation | |
Type | Specialist |
Affiliated university | University of Liberia A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine |
Services | |
Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Liberia |
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]
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 Psychiatry and family medicine residents spend time on their psychiatry rotations in the hospital. [9]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Molly Knight Raskin (March 20, 2014). "The lingering wounds of Liberia's 14-year civil war". GlobalPost.
- ^ "Liberia Expands Access to Mental Health Care". VOA News. June 13, 2010.
- ^ Konton, Julius. "For Overcrowdiness, E.S. Grant Mental Hospital Begs For Relocation". KMTV News. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ Estey, Myles (October 8, 2010). "My Brother's Keeper". Maisonneuve.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Culture and Mental Health in Liberia: A Primer" (PDF). World Health Organization. 2017.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "E.S. Grant Mental Health Hospital in Liberia: striving to help people with mental illness get well". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Updates from the Field: Dr. Ojediran's First 6 Months in Liberia". Boston University Psychiatry. December 12, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "BUMC Psychiatry: Updates from Liberia". Boston University, School of Medicine, Psychiatry. August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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