Mobile Field Hospital until its return to civilian usage in 1947. The hospital was the first Royal Air Force hospital established after the Japanese surrender. In 1946, the Mental Hospital was returned to its original function, housing some 440 mental patients. In 1951, to reduce some of the stigma associated with mental illness, the hospital was renamed Woodbridge Hospital. This name was derived from the local Chinese name for the hospital area—'Pang Kio' ('Wooden Bridge') — as there was a wooden bridge in the hospital vicinity in Yio Chu Kang. By 1958, Woodbridge Hospital had accommodation for 2,000 patients. The Psychiatric School of Nursing was set up in 1954. In 1955, a social work department was formed as well as an improved occupational therapy service. Psychological services were started in 1956 and V.W. Wilson, the first clinically trained psychologist in Singapore, was contracted from the United Kingdom by the Colonial Medical Service to incorporate a psychological service within the mental health programme. A Child Guidance Clinic was opened in 1970. This grew to become the Child Psychiatric Clinic, which also provided family therapy. A Community Psychiatric Nursing programme was set up in 1988 and psychiatric nurses conducted home visits to provide care, support and follow-up for patients within the community. Up to 1981, psychiatry trainees were sent to the UK to train for the MRCPsych qualification. After 1983, Woodbridge, began to train its own psychiatrists in collaboration with the NUS medical school. The first locally trained Master of Medicine trainee in Psychiatry graduated in 1985. In 1984, the Ministry of Health mooted the idea of a new psychiatric hospital to evolve from a largely custodial care model to one of community care for the benefit of the people. The prevention, early treatment and rehabilitation of clients with mental conditions would actively operate within the community as opposed to late treatment within an institution that isolates them from everyday life, making reintegration into the community difficult. Plans were put in place for a very different hospital that would change mental healthcare in Singapore with further emphasis on training and new initiatives in mental health promotion and clinical research. Woodbridge moved to its present 25-hectare premises in Hougang in 1993. With the move, it was reorganised and renamed the Institute of Mental Health Hospital to reflect its added commitment to research and training. In 2006, the Institute of Mental Health compound was