Kaiserslautern day-care hospital and outpatient department for Child and Youth Psychiatry

The day-care hospital has 20 treatment spaces for children and adolescents aged 4 to 18 years.

Day-care treatment offers comprehensive therapeutic and educational support during the day.

In the evenings and on weekends, the children and adolescents are at home. Thus, they can try out their new experience directly in their familiar surroundings.

The outpatient department

In the outpatient department we offer clarification, counselling and support for all issues in child and youth psychiatry if other outpatient measures have been exhausted.

Prior to an admission to the day-care hospital, there will be a preliminary talk in the outpatient department to clarify the prerequisites for treatment.

The day-care hospital admits children and adolescents

• who are timid, sad and withdrawn
• who easily become aggressive, angry and uncontrollable
• who are distracted, fidgety or dreamy
• who cannot cope with school
• who often have trouble and disputes with their parents or friends
• who display an unusual behaviour
• who need further treatment after an inpatient stay
• who display a behaviour that does not correspond to their age
• who have problems with their eating behaviour
• who suffer from the consequences of negative experiences
• who suffer from physical complaints for which the doctor has not found any physical reason.

There is a multi-professional treatment team including:

• physicians for child and youth psychiatry and psychotherapy
• certified psychologists
• child and youth psychotherapists
• nurse specialists
• nurses
• paediatric nurse
• educators
• social education worker
• remedial teacher
• psychomotricity therapist
• occupational therapists
• special education teachers

Treatment services are adjusted to personal requirements.

• Child and youth psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic therapy including
• behaviour therapeutic, individual psychotherapy
• group psychotherapy (e.g. social competence training, problem resolving group, disorder-related groups)
• Pharmacological treatment
• Intense parent work (e.g. parent counselling, parent training)
• Lessons and remedial teaching
• Psychomotor therapy, occupational therapist, creative therapy
• Socio-pedagogical counselling

The cost for day-care treatment are borne by all

• health insurance funds
• private health insurance companies
• and other organizations