What the hustle and bustle of Lagos life. The need to be in a hurry and always on the go. The constant rush hour traffic, the danfo drives and other communters, seem to be hell bent on driving you crazy. When you finally can't take the stress no more, where do you go to solve relieve depression, stress and strain of the daily life in this town. If only we had psychiatrist like the had in the Us. It will surprise you that we do. In Nigeria, the profession is over a hundred years old. The first asylum was established in the southern city of Calabar in 1904. Shortly after (in 1907), the Yaba Asylum was established in Lagos. These asylums were run by medical officers, as there were no psychiatrists. They provided essentially emergency and custodial interventions. In 1954 the Aro Mental Hospital, was opened in Abeokuta by the British colonial government. This was in response, to the need for improved mental health care. It also provided an opportunity for the country’s first indigenous ...