The aims of the
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology are to improve health care in
the field of psychiatry and neurology and to conduct research in these
ones. The several of disciplines are represented by 25 institute
subdivisions inter alia : six departments of psychiatry
(including Child & Adolescence Psychiatry Department and Forensic
Psychiatry Department), Department of Neurotic Disorders &
Psychotherapy and two departments of neurology. Basic research is
conducted by several departments and laboratories such as Department of
Biochemistry, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, Department
of Genetics and Department of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Institute main activities are: |
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treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders, as well as of alcohol and drug dependence |
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development of national mental health policy and programme |
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postgraduate training in psychiatry, neurology, neurophysiology, psycho/family therapy and clinical psychology |
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collection and dissemination of epidemiological data on mental and neurological disorders |
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research in the area of
pathogenesis, diagnosis, classification, treatment and rehabilitation of
psychiatric and neurological disorders |
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Care Services |
Clinical activity of
the Institute involves inpatient and outpatient facilities. 566 beds
are available of which 440 are for psychosis, alcohol and drug
dependence and children and adolescents with mental disorders while
126 beds for neurological patients. Day-care centres provide another
108 places, while in the outpatient department over 10.000 visits are
registered yearly. Institute as the centre of health excellence
provides highly specialised diagnosis (SPECT, MRI, CT, EEG and
biochemical) and treatment. |
Training Resources |
The Department of Mental Health contributes to provision of the: |
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research on the role of health education and promotion |
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nationwide system of two-grade specialization in clinical psychology |
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postgraduate training courses for psychiatrists and psychologists (i.e. family therapy, neuropsychology, psychotherapy), |
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lectures and seminars for university students |
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training of the health professionals (i.e. psychiatric nurses), |
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alcohol and drug education at the users and their families, as well as staff of treatment centres. |
Current Research Issuses |
Research in
psychiatry focuses on diagnoses and clinical treatment of mental
disorders, new treatment methods, community and social psychiatry,
epidemiology of mental disorders and their genetic environmental
determinants and rehabilitation.
Institute Mental Health Program proved that the model
of community-based psychiatric care should be developed, i.e. services
should be provided to mentally ill clients in their community settings.
A large-scale transformation and modernisation of inpatient treatment
is planned, through development of a network of psychiatry wards at
general hospitals, with simultaneous downsizing of large mental
hospitals. These changes should lead to an increased supply of
professionally differentiated and widely accessible care provision. |
User Partner Organisations |
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Stowarzyszenie Rodzin i Przyjaciol Osob z Zaburzeniami Psychicznymi „Integracja” ( Family and Friend of Mentally Ill Association „Integration” ) |
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Klub pacjentow „Amicus” ( Patients' club „Amicus”) |
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Stowarzyszenie „Pomost” ( „Pomost” Association ) |
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Kolo Rodzin Pacjentow przy szpitalu psychiatrycznym w Tworkach ( Patients' Family Association in the psychiatric hospital „Tworki” ) |
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„Fountain House” |