Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital
Kissy Mental Hospita is the only mental hospital in Sierra Leone.[1]
History
Kissy Lunatic Asylum was the first Lunatic Asylum established in colonial Sub-Saharan Africa. It was established in 1820 in Kissy and originally catered for both mentally and physically ill people who could not look after themselves.[2]: 28 The Asylum was classified as a Colonial hospital in 1844.[2]: 28 As the British expanded their colonial holdings. the catchment area of the asylum came to encompass the whole of British West Africa.[2]: 28
References
- ^ MacDougall, Clair (15 October 2012). "http://europe.newsweek.com/edward-nahim-sierra-leones-only-psychiatrist-65489?rm=euEdward Nahim: Sierra Leone's Only Psychiatrist". Newsweek. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|title= - ^ a b c Akyeampong, Emmanuel (2015). Akyeampong, Emmanuel; Hill, Allan G.; Kleinman, Arthur (eds.). The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
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