* History:

National mental hospital was established in 6^th july 1963 according to the dicision No 519/BYT with 100 beds. The predecessor is hospital D.
Its name changed in to psychologycal hospital (1965) and then to National mental hospital (1965).
The National mental hospital was rebuilt according to the dicision No 429/TTg by Vice minister in 28^th October1976 with 500 beds.

* Medals:

- Third grade labour medal in 1983 and 1993
- Excellent physicians: 04

* Functions and Tasks:

- Being the highest level in consultation and treatment of patients with mental diseases.
- Scientific research in mental disease prevention and control.
- Being the training facility of medical student and M.S and Ph.D candidates
- Being the leading professional facility, responsible for profession guiding in mental disease prevention and control.
- Implement the mental legal verification according to the requirements of legal organization of state
- Being the focal point of the international cooperation in mental profession.
- Participate to public mental health in the National program for social and serious disease prevention and coltrol.
- Being the host of National program for "Objectives for public mental health protection".

* The board of the director:

* Organizational structure:

Functional department:

- Administration department
- Material and equipment department
- Account department
- Personnel department
- Profession guiding department
- Profestional department
- Pharmacy department
- Laboratory
- Picture achiveving computer system and functional tests
- Acute department for men
- Acute department for women
- Pediatric and women department
- Subacute department for women
- Subacute department for men
- Chronic department for women
- Chronic department for men
- Forensic department
- Traditional medicine department
- Funtional rehabitation department
- Consultation department
- Nutrition department
- Other...

Staffs: 450 in which:

- Ph.D: 02
- 2^nd grade M.D: 04
- M.S: 15
- 1^st grade M.D: 36
- Pharmacist: 06
- M.D: 30
- Clinical psychologist: 10
- Bachelor: 15
- Nurses: 180
- Others

Medical equipments:

- X-ray: shimadzu (Japan), computerized encephalogram, electro-cardiogram.
- Hematologic test device, automatic biochemical assay, thin layer chromatography, HIV/AIDS detection.
- Generator, water production, wasted water disposal...

* Some major achivements:

- Health cadres with high professional levels
- Modern medical equipment for diagnose and treatment with high quality.
- Inpatients: 2500 rounds/year; Out patients: 30000 rounds/year; bed power: 130-150%.
- Many therapeutic regimens have been applied such as chemotherapy, working therapy, social psychological rehabitation therapy, bahavioural therapy, electric shoke therapy...
- Ensure the accommadation for patients with schizophrenia or epylepsy
- Trainning: for 550 profession oriented M.D and 23 M.D with 1^st grade.
- Profession guiding: assist the MOH to make the policy for development of mental branch, up to now there are 25 mental hospitals and 40 mental department in provincial hospitals.
- The network of mental disease treatment was established. The national program for public mental health protection is implemented well in 43/63 provinces and cities.
- Scientific research:
+ Primary investigation the mental disorders (from 1966)
+ Deep researches: behavioural disorders in teenager; brain trauma due to traffic accidents; drug abuse and alcohol abuse; the social psychological functional rehabitation for patients with schizophrenia in the publicity; verification the medication of drug withdrawal; depression and new drugs; mental disorder of brain post trauma. Up to now there are 100 themes (from local to National level).
+ Assist the medical forensic mental verification.

International cooperation:

- Cooperate with WHO in training and education
- Cooperate with many countries and international organizations such as former Soviet union, Germany, Cuba, France, Netherland, Australia, non border doctor association, doctor to doctor...