Psychiatry and psychology

The psychiatry and medical psychology outpatient service (SPPM), established a few years ago and initiated by the Cantonal Socio Psychiatric Organization (CSO), is responsible for meeting the needs in psychiatry and psychology of the Lugano Regional Hospital, the Cantonal Oncology Service and other agencies.

Useful information

  • Provide specialized counseling service at the diagnostic and therapeutic level and for patients with psychiatric and/or psychological disorders concomitant with somatic disorders.
  • Provide emergency intervention for patients admitted to emergency rooms or hospitals with acute psychiatric problems.
  • Provide crisis intervention and supportive therapies during hospitalization and on an outpatient basis.
  • To provide physicians-in-training with basic knowledge in psychiatry and medical psychology and training in psychosocial medicine (psychosomatics) to the nursing staff.
  • Collaborate in the development and implementation of training programs for the purpose of improving the caregiver-patient-family relationship with special attention to communication aspects.
  • Develop research in the field of psychosocial medicine.

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The original version is the page in Italian.