Psychogeriatric Clinic – Vehadarta pnei zaken

About

Psychogeriatrics is a medical field that deals with the mental health of the elderly (65 years of age or older).
The Psychogeriatric Clinic at the Center for Mental Health deals with the diagnosis and treatment of:

Affective mental disorders like depression, mania, anxiety

  • Acute and chronic psychotic conditions
  • Emotional and behavioral disorders resulting from cognitive decline (in various types of dementia)
  • Psychiatric disorders resulting from common physical problems in old age (vitamin B12 deficiency, thyroid dysfunction, electrolyte changes, etc.)
  • Feeling mentally distressed for any reason
  • Patients are referred to the clinic by the family doctor, or contact the clinic directly.

The clinic has a multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and art and creative therapists.
The goal is to bring healing, a return to functionality, improvement to the patient’s quality of life and that of his family, and to prevent deterioration of the mental state.

Treatment steps

Preliminary diagnosis: interview with the patient and family members; psychiatric and cognitive evaluation

Building a personalized treatment plan: adjusting medication and/or psychotherapy; giving guidance to the family

Contacting the family physician

Referral to community support: welfare, day centers for the elderly and more

Further treatment and monitoring

Important to know

The hospital is independent of the HMO, and members of all HMOs are accepted there.
Members of Meuhedet HMO and Maccabi are admitted to the clinic by presentation of a referral only or by payment according to the hospital's price list.
As part of the agreements with Clalit and Leumit HMOs, Forms 17 will be given to the outpatient clinics, or a payment will be made according to the hospital's price list.

Medical Staff

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