...Department of Psychiatry...

The Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to the comprehensive assessment and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Services provided include a general adult inpatient psychiatry service, services for children and adolescents with inpatient beds. Additionally, outpatient consultation and diagnostic evaluation & treatment are provided including psychopharmacologic management of psychiatric disorders, short term focused psychotherapy, individual and group psychotherapy, crisis intervention program, couples and marital therapy, sexual dysfunction therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychological testing.

The Department of Psychiatry promotes healthier, more productive lives through the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of disturbed thinking, feeling, and behavior in those it serves; to continuously improve the quality, value, and accessibility of the services.

Adult Treatment Specialities

• Psychiatric disorders
• Individual psychotherapy
• Medical psychotherapy
• Psychopharmacology
• Drug & deaddiction services
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Couples and family
• Medical psychotherapy
• Neuropsychiatry
• Women’s wellness

Child & Adolescent treatment specialties

• Anxiety disorders
• Attention deficit & disruptive behaviour disorders
• Autism and pervasive development disorders
• Eating & mood disorders
• Trauma
• Somatisation