Community Based

Psykiatrin Södra has its units located in the local community. All our units serve the population in a geographically limited area.

In this way it is possible for us to become familiar with the local circumstances and resources. Where necessary we can easily establish co-operation with other care providers within, for example, social services, primary health care and the employment office. Being based in the local community makes it easier to reach us at all hours of the day and night. In this way those who seek contact with us also immediately receive help from persons who know their area.

This community base makes it possible for the person with the problems, his or her social network, and the staff from the psychiatric service to develop a relation over time. In the long-term this means that the consumers and caregivers can develop a reciprocal knowledge about each other’s resources and limitations and that the consumers can participate in an active way in the treatment. In this way it becomes possible to develop individual interventions based on current needs.

With the emphasis on outpatient services

All staff within Psykiatrin Södra work with outpatient interventions. This is a conscious choice. Our starting point is that, in the long run, inpatient institutions damage those persons who reside within their walls. People with mental suffering have difficulties in their life and it is in this life that they must receive help, regardless of whether the focus of the help is psychological, social or medical.

Our goal is to offer such help as can be developed in a spirit of co-operation. In this way the patient’s anxiety over being exposed to treatments he or she fears is reduced and therewith the periods of twenty-four hour care often become shorter.

In those cases in which a person needs to be admitted to inpatient care, efforts are made to keep an outpatient perspective to the fore.