For capacity reasons, we are suspending appointments for individual psychotherapy.
How the treatment is carried out
The care of the centre is provided by a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers, primarily in the premises of the sanatorium. Care is provided in the form of individual interviews (diagnostic, psychotherapeutic, supportive and social), group therapy targeted at specific patient groups and daily activation activities. For specific patients, the aim is also to provide outreach services in the sense of contact in the patient's natural environment.
How to enter our care
It is not necessary for a patient who comes to us to have a history of psychiatric hospitalization. He or she may present for an initial interview on his or her own accord, without a referral from another physician. He or she may also attend various treatment programs at DPS Ondřejov while remaining under the care of his or her outpatient psychiatrist. In this case, he/she must bring a referral from his/her psychiatrist for inclusion in the therapeutic programmes.
Symptoms of psychotic disorders
The characteristic symptoms of psychotic disorders are delusional ideas and thoughts. For example, that a person is being controlled, for example, by a mobile phone or computer, that someone is haunting him, that he has superhuman powers and abilities (for example, to communicate with aliens, to cause natural disasters, etc.).
Another symptom is sensory hallucinations - the person feels, sees and hears things that other people do not perceive. For example, it can be voices commenting on his actions, or a person dreams that someone is touching him even though there is no one in the room with him, etc.
In addition to these symptoms, which consist of disturbed activities, there are less obvious negative symptoms - general numbness, apathy, suppression of emotions, aversion to social contact and weakening of the will.
Finding help
If you show any of the signs of a serious mental disorder (psychotic disorder), you should seek professional psychiatric help as soon as possible. If the illness can be detected early, before it becomes fully manifest (which results in involuntary admission to a psychiatric hospital), the prognosis is more favourable. But even for people who have had one or more psychiatric admissions, day centres and other similar community care facilities can make a major contribution to stabilising health and improving quality of life.
Early help for people at risk of psychotic disorders can prevent the negative development of the illness and avoid serious health and social consequences of repeated attacks and hospitalisations. The family and friends of a person at risk of psychotic disorder have an important role to play. If they notice the first signs and contact professionals in time, they can prevent the disorder from developing.
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