North-Central and the FCT · 6 services
Abuja and the FCT
Where to get public psychiatric care, drug and alcohol treatment and help after abuse in the FCT, with the numbers to ring.
See the servicesMental health services by state
Public hospitals with psychiatric care, drug and alcohol services, help after sexual violence, and the phone lines that answer. Each one is checked on its own website before it goes on a page, and our phone checks are ongoing.
8 states so far
Choose your state
South-South · 4 services
Edo State
Benin City's federal psychiatric hospital, the teaching hospitals at Irrua and Ugbowo, and help with drugs and alcohol.
See the servicesSouth-East · 3 services
Enugu State
The Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital at New Haven, UNTH and the lines you can ring, for Enugu and the states around it.
See the servicesNorth-West · 4 services
Kaduna State
The federal psychiatric hospital at Barnawa, ABUTH in Zaria, the state's own community centres, and a free helpline that answers in Hausa.
See the servicesNorth-West · 2 services
Kano State
The federal psychiatric hospital at Dawanau, drug counselling, and a free helpline that answers in Hausa.
See the servicesSouth-West · 8 services
Lagos State
Public psychiatric care, the state's free 24-hour helpline, drug and alcohol help and support after sexual violence, with the numbers to ring.
See the servicesSouth-West · 3 services
Oyo State
Public psychiatric care in Ibadan, from UCH's 24-hour emergency service to the state hospital's reopened unit, plus drug counselling and lines you can ring.
See the servicesSouth-South · 4 services
Rivers State
Where to get public psychiatric care in Port Harcourt, help with drugs and alcohol, and support after sexual violence.
See the servicesHow we check
What goes on these pages
We list public services: federal and state hospitals, government agencies and a few long-running charities. Each listing was read on the institution's own website on the date shown on its card. A state gets a page once at least two of its services have been checked that way, so some states aren't here yet. Our team is ringing the numbers too; where a call has confirmed one, its card says so. If a detail is wrong, tell us through the contact page.
Free or low-cost lines
Lines you can call from anywhere in Nigeria
These answer callers 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.
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.
24 hours
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.
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.
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.
24 hours