Federal Neuropsychiatric hospital, Calabar, Cross River State. Nigeria.
Federal Neuropsychiatric hospital, Calabar, Cross River State. Nigeria.
The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State Nigeria is a government-owned mental health facility offering in-patient and out-patient services in South-South Nigeria.
Mission statement
Established in 1903 as the first mental health facility in Nigeria, the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Calabar (FNPH Calabar) has provided high quality comprehensive psychiatric services in Cross River state and her environs for over a century. The hospital currently has over 15,000 registered patients, with new patients being added to this number daily. Our patients are drawn from Cross River, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, Abia, Imo, Rivers, and Bayelsa states and the neighboring Cameroon republic.
Vision statement To be the reference point in public mental health in Nigeria and the leading Mental Health facility in West & Central Africa with an emphasis on the areas service quality, training and mental health research.
Mission Statement To provide high-quality mental health services for patients, provide undergraduate and postgraduate training for doctors, nurses and other cadres of mental health professionals and conduct high-quality mental health research.
Summary of relevant work
In-patient, out-patient and community mental health services.
Key partners
1. Aids Healthcare Foundation 2. Drug Advisory Program, Colombo Plan