Details checked 3 November 2026

Mental health services in Edo State

Benin City's federal psychiatric hospital, the teaching hospitals at Irrua and Ugbowo, and help with drugs and alcohol.

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Getting help in Edo State

Where to start

The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Benin City, at Uselu, runs a 24-hour emergency service and takes people in for inpatient care. Its drug programme is long: at least three and a half months as an inpatient, or monthly outpatient visits for two years, with detox, therapy and vocational training.

Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital has a Mental Health and Behavioural Medicine department, and the University of Benin Teaching Hospital has a Department of Mental Health. Neither publishes much about it online, so ring before you travel.

Benin City also serves Delta State. Delta's government said in September 2026 that its residents travel to Benin and Port Harcourt for psychiatric care, and that its own neuropsychiatric facility is due by March 2027.

Edo, Esan, Etsako and Pidgin are all spoken across the state. Mytherapist.ng has therapists who work in Pidgin, and every session is online, so you can book from Benin City, Auchi or Ekpoma.

3 services

Psychiatric hospitals and clinics

Federal neuropsychiatric hospital · Uselu, Benin City

Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City

  • Open 24 hours, with a 24-hour emergency service
  • Inpatient care and rehabilitation, and consultant outpatient clinics
  • Drug treatment: at least three months and two weeks as an inpatient, or monthly outpatient visits for two years, with detox, therapy and vocational training
  • Also lists child and adolescent, community and addiction psychiatry
39 Uselu, New Lagos Road, before Medical Junction, Benin City
0815 837 0392 · phone and emergency contact

Details from the institution's own website, checked 3 November 2026.

Federal teaching hospital · Irrua

Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Mental Health and Behavioural Medicine

  • A Mental Health and Behavioural Medicine department
  • Accident and emergency open 24 hours, 7 days a week

The hospital doesn't publish what the department offers or its clinic days, so ring first.

KM 87, Benin-Auchi Road, Irrua
0805 806 5577 · main line

ISTH's site gives two different emergency numbers, so we list its main line.

isth.org.ng

Details from the institution's own website, checked 3 November 2026.

Federal teaching hospital · Ugbowo, Benin City

University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Department of Mental Health

  • A Department of Mental Health

The hospital doesn't publish the department's services or clinic days, so ask the information desk.

Km 10, Benin-Lagos Expressway, Ugbowo, Benin City
0913 300 0051 · information desk0905 749 3732 · emergency room

Details from the institution's own website, checked 3 November 2026.

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Help with drugs and alcohol

Federal drug agency centre · Benin City

NDLEA Edo Command counselling and rehabilitation centre

  • Counselling and psychosocial support
  • Help returning to work, school and family life

For people who aren't physically dependent, or who have finished a medically supervised withdrawal. Anyone dependent on alcohol, sedatives or opioids should see a hospital first.

Old SDP Secretariat, Upper Sokponba, Benin City
0800 1020 3040 · NDLEA helpline, free

No number for the centre itself. The NDLEA helpline can confirm the address.

ndlea.gov.ng

Details from the institution's own website, checked 3 November 2026.

Free or low-cost lines

Lines you can call from anywhere in Nigeria

These answer callers in Edo State and across the country. The full list, including lines for violence and trafficking, is on our helplines page.

  • National emergency number

    If someone is in danger right now. The nationwide rollout isn't finished, so if 112 doesn't connect, go to the nearest hospital emergency unit.

    112 (toll-free)

    Police, fire and ambulance

  • Safe Place Nigeria

    Trained counsellors from She Writes Woman. Anyone in Nigeria can call, and you don't need call credit.

  • Lagos Lifeline

    Free crisis support and counselling from the Lagos State Ministry of Health. Open to anyone in Nigeria, not only Lagos.

  • SURPIN

    Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative. Trained counsellors for emotional support and crisis help.

    0800 078 77460908 021 7555

    Its site says its toll-free line is answered 24 hours

  • MANI (Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative)

    A mental health charity. Its "Get help now" button opens WhatsApp.

    0916 841 7413 (WhatsApp)0809 111 6264

    Hours aren't published on its site

  • NDLEA drug helpline

    Support for anyone affected by drug use, their own or someone else's. In English, Pidgin, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo.

Talking therapy

Online therapy from anywhere in Edo State

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Good to know

Getting help in Edo State: common questions

Is the psychiatric hospital in Benin City open at night?

The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Benin City, says it is open 24 hours and runs a 24-hour emergency service.

How long is the drug treatment programme at the Benin psychiatric hospital?

The hospital describes two routes: inpatient care for at least three months and two weeks, or monthly outpatient visits for two years. Both include detoxification, psychotherapy and vocational training.

Where can people in Delta State get psychiatric care?

Delta's government said in September 2026 that people who need specialist psychiatric care travel to Benin City and Port Harcourt, and that the state's own neuropsychiatric facility is due by March 2027.

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