It deals with the treatment and investigation of mentally ill patients.

Posting students in clinics and interns, as a part of the MBBS course, is also done here.

It is approximately a kilometer away from GMC opposite Bambolim Church, a landmark.

[2][3][1] The IPHB primarily seeks to provide preventive, curative and rehabilitative mental health services to the people of Goa and its neighbouring states such as Maharashtra and Karnataka.

In open wards patients have to be accompanied by relatives or caretakers.