Did you know that…..
the first hospital for the care of mental disorders in USA was The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia ?
The First Mental Hospital in USA was established in 1773 .
In 1560, two centuries ago Friar Bernardo Alvarez founded in Mexico D.F. the first hospital in America to care for the mentally ill. The hospital was called San Hipolito Hospital.
(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)
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