O Hospital Conde de Ferreira e o Ensino da Psiquiatria no Porto

Abstract

Inaugurated on March 24, 1883, the Hospital Conde de Ferreira was the first psychiatric hospital in Portugal built from the ground up to receive mentally ill patients, made possible by the testamentary legacy of the benefactor Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos. A few years after its foundation, free courses on mental and nervous diseases were introduced, taught by Júlio de Matos and Magalhães Lemos, addressing the lack of structured training in Neuropsychiatry. These courses established the hospital´s initial connection to medical education. Over the decades, this relationship underwent various transformations. Today, it continues to collaborate with multiple institutions in the education of new healthcare professionals.