The main job is to refer to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) to compare patient’s symptoms and behaviors and helping them understand their condition, causes and treatment options, as well as conducting research studies to learn more about conditions like OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder), bipolar disorders, psychotic disorders ,schizophrenia or anxiety disorders.

The department is responsible of asking patients about any new symptoms or changes since they last spoke or if it is the first session and ask them what is the unusual sign alert, while giving patients the opportunity to speak about their conditions and discuss accomplishments or setbacks.

Depending on how many sessions a patient have had, our clinical psychologists take time with patients to apply psychological treatment methods and offer them advice about tactics they can use in their daily life. After each session, our clinical psychologists take detailed notes to add to the patients’ files and refer to the DSM to determine a potential diagnosis for new patients.

Services within the department include adult’s psychological consultation, which is based on clinical assessment, therapy and follow-up of cases that it addresses. This consultation relates to the patient for medical consultation and other patients requiring therapy, coaching and monitoring but not requiring passage and / or medical consultation (PLHIV / AIDS , people with psychological trauma, various psychological distress , etc.), as well as psychometric assessment.

There is also Children psychological consultation, involving clinical assessment, therapy and cases follow up that it addresses, as well as psychometric assessment.

Our mental health department is also responsible of evaluating therapy and monitor hospitalized cases in clinical and surgical services. It has also to engage  preventive activities in schools within the catchment area of the hospital, participate in programs to reintegrate mental cases patients, participate in medical visits in different services, participate in health education, lead psycho educational groups, carry out supervision of health centers, establish and manage files of patients received in consultation and maintain a registration  of consultations