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.
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