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Conversations with family members play a significant role<br />

in psychiatric/psycho<strong>the</strong>rapeutic treatment<br />

Day Care Units<br />

The Day Care Units <strong>of</strong> GP II treat all mental illnesses, in<br />

particular psychoses, depression, adjustment disorders,<br />

personality disorders and anxiety. Patients are usually<br />

treated after referral from <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice-based medical<br />

doctor who has been treating <strong>the</strong>m as outpatients, so that<br />

admission as an inpatient can <strong>of</strong>ten be avoided. However,<br />

admission to <strong>the</strong> Day Care Unit can also follow inpatient<br />

treatment. The Day Care Unit, which is located on <strong>the</strong><br />

grounds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Düsseldorf</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>, can treat<br />

patients 7 days a week, allowing even acutely mentally ill<br />

people to receive close-meshed care without having to leave<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir home environment.<br />

The Day Care Units develop individual <strong>the</strong>rapeutic plans in<br />

close cooperation with <strong>the</strong> patients. Therapy can include<br />

various approaches from ergo<strong>the</strong>rapy, creativity <strong>the</strong>rapy and<br />

cognitive behaviour <strong>the</strong>rapy, different training programmes<br />

and discussion groups.<br />

Outpatient healthcare<br />

Outpatient healthcare at <strong>the</strong> <strong>LVR</strong>-<strong>Klinikum</strong> <strong>Düsseldorf</strong> is<br />

provided by psychiatric-psycho<strong>the</strong>rapeutic Institutional<br />

Outpatient Units, allocated to <strong>the</strong> individual departments,<br />

and by <strong>the</strong> polyclinic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> university.<br />

VerSOrgUNgSeINrIcHtUNgeN<br />

Institutional Outpatient Units in <strong>the</strong> Division <strong>of</strong> General<br />

Psychiatry and Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy II<br />

Coordination: (interim) B. Janssen. MD, Senior Lecturer and<br />

Senior Consultant<br />

The Institutional Outpatient Units and specialised outpatient<br />

units <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Division <strong>of</strong> General Psychiatry II treat more<br />

than 2,000 patients a year. Referrals to <strong>the</strong> Institutional<br />

Outpatient Unit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> GP II come partly – in compliance with<br />

§ 118 SGB V – from <strong>the</strong> network <strong>of</strong> in-house inpatient units<br />

and <strong>the</strong> after-care system. This means that people who<br />

need particularly intensive care and recurrent treatment<br />

because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir disorder can receive continued<br />

treatment as outpatients in <strong>the</strong> respective Institutional<br />

Outpatient Units. This ensures a high level <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>rapeutic<br />

continuity. O<strong>the</strong>r referrals come from <strong>of</strong>fice-based medical<br />

specialists such as psychiatrists, neurologists and general<br />

practitioners, from o<strong>the</strong>r divisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Düsseldorf</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong> (including <strong>the</strong> psychiatric counselling<br />

service) and from o<strong>the</strong>r hospitals in <strong>the</strong> region. Some<br />

people also come for treatment on <strong>the</strong> suggestion <strong>of</strong><br />

outpatient support services (such as <strong>the</strong> Samaritans and<br />

<strong>the</strong> public health authority). The multidisciplinary teams at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Institutional Outpatient Units <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Division <strong>of</strong> General<br />

Psychiatry provide a range <strong>of</strong> general and specialised<br />

treatments, mainly for people with chronic mental disorders<br />

such as schizophrenic and affective disorders, personality<br />

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