Institute of Psychiatry & Human Behaviour Bambolim

The Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (IPHB), located in Bambolim, Goa, India, is a psychiatric hospital that functions as part of Goa Medical College (GMC). It is dedicated to the treatment and investigation of mentally ill patients and also serves as a training site where MBBS students and interns are posted in clinics as part of their medical education. The institute is situated approximately one kilometer away from GMC, opposite the Bambolim Church, which serves as a nearby landmark. In terms of services, IPHB primarily aims to provide preventive, curative, and rehabilitative mental health care to the people of Goa, as well as to residents of neighbouring states such as Maharashtra and Karnataka. The hospital has a bed strength of 190 beds. It maintains both closed wards and open wards, with separate facilities for male and female patients. In the open wards, patients are required to be accompanied by relatives or caretakers, reflecting the institute's approach to patient care and supervision.