Psychiatry

Founded in 2010 and composed of 10 psychiatrists, the Department of Psychiatry:

1. offers multidisciplinary care to children, adolescents, adults and seniors suffering from mental disorders.
2. represents a training ground for students from different faculties of Saint Joseph University.
3. undertakes research activities on mental illness and related treatment.
4. has a social mission that is reflected in the free assistance provided for ensuring care for people in need.

The Department offers:

• Supportive and occupational therapies
• Psychosocial rehabilitation:

• Day hospital (psychotherapeutic, occupational and dietary interventions, as well as medical and nursing follow-up)
• Cognitive remediation
• Psychoeducation program for families

• Liaison psychiatry (psychiatric consultations in the hospital's departments and in the Emergency Department)
• Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
• Social actions:

• Consultations at the HDF Family Medicine Center
• Free consultations every Thursday, provided to four non-governmental organizations (NGOs):

1. Association du Foyer de l’Enfant Libanais (AFEL)
2. Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS)
3. Sesobel
4. Epsilon

• Francophone Association for Mental Illnesses (AFMM) :

1. Combating stigma through awareness programs for professionals and the public.
2. Financial assistance to people suffering from a mental disorder and living in a precarious situation: free hospitalization, free consultations, free medications...