Which psychiatric hospital has a larger capacity, The Psychiatric Institute of Washington or St. Elizabeths Hospital?
St. Elizabeths Hospital St. Elizabeths Hospital opened in 1855 as the first federally operated psychiatric hospital in the United States. Housing over 8,000 patients at its peak in the 1950s, the hospital at one point had a fully functioning medical-surgical unit, a school of nursing, and accredited internships and psychiatric residencies. Its campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990.
E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital E. S. Grant Mental Health Hospital, in Monrovia, Liberia, is the sole mental hospital in the Republic of Liberia. s of 2010 , it had only one psychiatrist, serving the entire country of Liberia.