Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour

For other uses of "Institute of Psychiatry", see Institute of Psychiatry (disambiguation).

Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour
Government of Goa
Geography
Location	Bambolim, Goa, India
Coordinates	15°27′09″N73°51′39″E / 15.452432°N 73.860826°E / 15.452432; 73.860826
Organisation
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	Goa Medical College
Services
Beds	190
Speciality	Psychiatric hospital
History
Former name(s)	Abbe de Faria Institute [1]
Opened	1980 [1]
Links
Website	iphb.goa.gov.in
Lists	Hospitals in India

The Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bambolim, Goa, India is a psychiatric hospital and part of the Goa Medical College (GMC). It deals with the treatment and investigation of mentally ill patients. Posting students in clinics and interns, as a part of the MBBS course, is also done here. It is approximately a kilometer away from GMC opposite Bambolim Church, a landmark. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Services

The IPHB primarily seeks to provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative mental health services to the people of Goa and its neighbouring states such as Maharashtra and Karnataka.

The bed strength of the hospital was 190 beds. IPHB has closed wards as well as open wards for male and female patients separately. In open wards patients have to be accompanied by relatives or caretakers. ^[3]

References

1. Ashish Srivastava, Bramhanand Cuncoliencar, and Yvonne Da Silva Pereira (2018). "Historical aspects of the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Goa". Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 60 (Suppl 2): S236 –S238. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_439_17 . PMC   5836344 . PMID   29527054.
2. "Goa Medical College 2009" . Retrieved 25 June 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "General Information". Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.