Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center

Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center
Map
Geography
LocationJerusalem
Coordinates31°47′11.31″N 35°10′40.92″E / 31.7864750°N 35.1780333°E / 31.7864750; 35.1780333
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityPsychiatric
History
Opened1951

Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center (Hebrew: בית החולים כפר שאול), established in 1951, is an Israeli public psychiatric hospital located between Givat Shaul and Har Nof, Jerusalem. It is affiliated with the Hadassah Medical Center and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] The hospital is Jerusalem's designated psychiatric hospital for tourists who display mental health disturbances, and is widely known for its research on Jerusalem Syndrome.[2]

The hospital is located on the grounds of the former Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, and makes use of buildings that remained intact after the massacre of Deir Yassin that occurred during the 1948 Palestine War.[3]

  1. ^ Katz, G. et al. "Time zone change and major psychiatric morbidity: The results of a 6-year study in Jerusalem", Compr Psychiatry. 2002 Jan-Feb;43(1):37-40; doi:10.1053/comp.2002.29849
  2. ^ "The Jerusalem Syndrome", Jewish Virtual Library, accessed August 19, 2010.
  3. ^ Ettinger, Yair. "Deir Yassin massacre, 55 years on", Haaretz, April 10, 2003.