Psychiatrische Polyklinik

The Psychiatric Polyclinic Ambulatory Badenerstrasse offers comprehensive psychiatric and psychosocial care for vulnerable people in Zurich. The Municipal Medical Service is aimed at people who, due to their social situation, have difficulty using the regular care offerings, including psychiatric clinics or practices. This includes clients of the social centers and municipal housing facilities who seek support in order to lead a self-determined life.

The treatment spectrum encompasses psychiatric assessments and treatments, consultations in social centers, psychological counseling as well as support in crisis situations. A special focus lies on interdisciplinary collaboration with external caregivers and institutions, in order to offer comprehensive help.

Within the framework of consultation-liaison psychiatry, patients at the Stadtspital Zurich and asylum seekers are also supported. The clinic offers diagnostic assessments, crisis interventions and psychotherapeutic support. For this, psychiatrists and social workers work closely together in order to initiate motor and psychosocial measures.

Outreach psychiatry plays a central role by providing rapid and needs-based help in psychological crisis situations, through mobile crisis intervention and home visits. Social assessments and psychosocial counseling are also part of the offering, in order to help people with complex health-related and social problems.

The services mentioned are generally part of the basic insurance, which facilitates access for clients. Close networking with specialist staff and those affected ensures that necessary treatments and consultations can be initiated quickly.