General acute care outpatient clinic:
Opening hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00-15:30, Tel: 0316/385-13616
For emergencies: Mon.-Sun. open 24 hours
Referral: Directly from the general practitioner/specialist, or without a doctor's referral in an emergency.
The General Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic is a point of contact for people with any type of psychological problem. It offers diagnostic testing and outpatient treatment, organizes inpatient admission and acts as an important liaison among other institutions, clinics, external psychosocial institutions, physicians with private practices, psychologists and psychotherapists as well as government authorities.
We also provide treatment for medical conditions in our specialized outpatient clinics(see below).
In addition to general psychiatric diseases, we offer specialized therapy for the following disorders in our main wards:
Our therapy concepts are multimodal and disorder-oriented.
In addition to psychopharmacotherapy, which is based on current guidelines, particular importance is attached to psychotherapeutic-psychological treatment (psychodynamic, behavioral, family-systemic, procedures, positive psychology). Disorder-specific treatments such as CBASP (Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy for the treatment of chronic depression), schema therapy, DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Borderline Disorders, psychoeducation and relaxation methods are also used concomitantly in each form of therapy.
Occupational therapy as well as sports and exercise therapy are important daily program points for our patients in the inpatient setting, which are aimed, among other things, at resource orientation and integration, activation, and learning "new" skills that have a positive effect on the illness, such as shaping the daily structure, dealing with stress, the importance of physical activity and health in everyday life as an important factor of psychological stability.
Nutritional counseling and cooking groups are designed to identify any existing harmful eating habits in order to support the curative process through a healthier diet and to provide regular and balanced meals, especially in the case of eating disorders.
The psychiatric consultation team is available to diagnose and treat inpatients with psychiatric symptoms—as complications and also comorbidities—in the somatic clinical areas of the hospital.
Social Services supports our patients with follow-up care and counseling on financial matters, housing subsidies, registration at psychosocial centers and/or assisted living communities, provision of home care aides, etc., and is always integrated into the treatment team.
As a clinical and scientific outpatient clinic, we offer our patients:
Medical director: Martina Platzer
CBASP is an integrative and disorder-specific form of psychotherapy for treating people with chronic depression. "Chronic" depression refers to symptoms of depression that last at least two years without more than two months of improvement in symptoms.
Our therapy services include:
Medical director: Helmut Schöggl and Daniela Amberger-Otti
We offer consultations for patients referred by a specialist for electroconvulsive therapy or treatment with esketamine nasal spray. Staff verify that therapy is indicated and discuss the further course of action with patients. The clinic also evaluates and takes care of patients who are planned to receive deep brain stimulation.
Medical director: Anna Holl
For people with psychiatric disorders who wish to become pregnant, we offer:
Medical director: Alexandra Kohlhammer-Dohr, Frederike Fellendorf
The uniqueness and the added value of our department are the result of the symbiosis between patient care, research and education. The department is jointly operated by the Medical University of Graz and the Styrian Hospital Association (KAGes). This interdisciplinary cooperation between both providers at the University Hospital Graz site is also reflected on our website. More information on patient care can be found at the University Hospital Graz website.
