Aftercare

It is often necessary to continue taking your medicine after you have recovered in order to prevent the depression returning. Your own doctor can also prescribe preventive treatment but in complex cases the following places can also prescribe preventive treatment:

Psychiatric day hospitals

You will be in the psychiatric ward during the day. Here, you will receive treatment which can include medicine, psychotherapy, environmental therapy, etc. You will go home at the end of the day and will stay at home overnight and at the weekend.

Outpatient departments

If you have been admitted, you may be offered aftercare in a psychiatric outpatient department. You will attend a discussion with a doctor you know from the psychiatric ward. It is like going to your own doctor, but here you will visit a specialist psychiatric doctor who specialises in treating mental illnesses.