Hospital Blua Sanitas Valdebebas

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Psychiatry

Psychiatry Service – Comprehensive and Multidisciplinary Care at Hospital Blua Sanitas Valdebebas

Medical Team lead by Dr. Carlos Harkous Peña

 

Our Psychiatry Unit provides a clinical and human-centered approach to mental health disorders, with a strong focus on quality of care, patient safety, and integration with other medical specialties.

We work in a stigma-free therapeutic environment, ensuring the best possible care across all stages of treatment: outpatient consultations, hospitalization, emergency care, and day hospital services.

 

Differential Diagnosis and High-Level Expertise

  • Accurate distinction between medical and psychiatric conditions.
  • Expertise in mood disorders, psychosis, and cognitive decline.
  • Advanced neuroimaging (MRI, fMRI, SPECT, PET-CT) for complex diagnoses.
  • Comprehensive evaluation of complex neuropsychiatric patients.

 

Comprehensive and Multidisciplinary Treatment

  • Coordination with Internal Medicine, Neurology, Endocrinology, and Nutrition.
  • Management of behavioral symptoms and psychiatric manifestations in dementia.
  • Specialized treatment for severe Eating Disorders.

 

Specialized Multidisciplinary Mental Health Team

  • Psychiatrists with extensive clinical expertise in diverse pathologies.
  • Clinical psychologists integrated into inpatient and psychotherapeutic care.
  • Dedicated nursing staff with strong mental health experience.
  • Coordinated teamwork to deliver fully integrated care plans.

 

Continuity of Care in a Stigma-Free Environment

  • Personalized outpatient consultations.
  • 24/7 emergency psychiatric care.
  • Inpatient and day hospital care in a safe, therapeutic setting.
  • Human-centered, stigma-free support for patients and families.
  • Care for psychosomatic conditions and functional symptoms.

Treatments

Outpatient Psychiatry and Psychology Consultations (Adults)

  • In-person and telehealth care (video consultations, phone consultations).
  • Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and clinical diagnosis.
  • Personalized therapeutic plan.
  • Prescription, monitoring, and adjustment of pharmacological treatment.
  • Individual psychotherapeutic interventions.
  • Coordination with other healthcare resources or support services.
  • Relapse prevention, psychoeducation, and family counseling.

 

Neuropsychological Assessment

  • Evaluation of cognitive functions: IQ, Adult ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  • Cognitive decline screening using standardized tests (e.g., MMPI, BDI, STAI, MoCA).
  • Personality traits assessment.
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Day Hospital

  • Intensive multidisciplinary follow-up and treatment: psychiatry, nursing, and psychology.
  • Supervised pharmacological treatment.
  • Individual and group psychotherapy.
  • Psychoeducation and psychosocial rehabilitation.
  • Relapse prevention and family interventions.
  • Suicide Risk Prevention Program.

 

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization

  • Comprehensive psychiatric and psychological evaluation.
  • Full medical care, including management of medical comorbidities.
  • Specialized nursing care.
  • Brief individual and group psychotherapy.
  • Intensive pharmacological treatment.
  • Multidisciplinary coordination and liaison with external healthcare resources.

 

Specialized Psychotherapeutic Interventions

  • Couples therapy.
  • Family interventions.

 

Resistant Depression Treatment Program with Intranasal Esketamine

  • Prior psychiatric evaluation and clinical indication.
  • Pre-treatment workup and complementary studies.
  • Administration and supervision of treatment.
  • Continuous clinical monitoring throughout the program.
  • Coordination with the patient’s referring professionals.

 

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Program

  • Psychiatric evaluation and clinical indication.
  • Pre-treatment medical assessment and complementary studies.
  • ECT administration under medical supervision.
  • Ongoing clinical follow-up until completion of treatment.
  • Post-ECT evaluation (therapeutic response and tolerance).
  • Outpatient and Maintenance ECT programs available.
  • Coordination with the patient’s care team.
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Psychiatric Liaison Service (In-Hospital)

  • Psychiatric assessment of patients admitted to medical or surgical wards.
  • Diagnosis and management of mental health conditions in medical settings.
  • Guidance and supervision of psychopharmacological treatment.
  • Brief psychological interventions.

 

Group Therapies

  • Behavioral activation.
  • Relaxation and mindfulness therapy.
  • Emotional regulation training.
  • Social skills training.
  • Psychoeducational groups by specific pathology.
  • Chronic pain management.

 

Inpatient Detoxification Treatments (Addiction Disorders)

  • Admissions to secure units with specialized medical and psychiatric supervision.
  • Individualized psychotherapeutic support: motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, relapse prevention.
  • Coordination with outpatient professionals and services to ensure continuity of care after discharge.

 

24/7 Psychiatric Emergency Services

  • Urgent psychiatric evaluation and differential diagnosis.
  • Suicide risk assessment.
  • Management of acute psychiatric decompensation: verbal de-escalation, pharmacological treatment, clinical guidance.
  • Crisis intervention.