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UPC KU Leuven (University Psychiatry Hospitals Leuven)

The  UPC KU Leuven (University Psychiatry Hospitals Leuven) is located in between the two famous cities of Belgium namely Brussels and Leuven. It is situated in a municipality called Kortenberg. Belgium and was established between 1965 and 1985.  The main agenda of the hospital revolves around a patient-centric approach to promote recovery among the patients suffering from mental health problems. In addition to this, the hospital is not just limited to providing quality care to the patients but also focuses on providing research and training for social workers and researchers so that, the mental health issues can be addressed on a broad spectrum.

The UPC KU Leven hospital is acknowledged as one of the large service care provider focusing on psychiatric services. This hospital provides not only top-notch clinical care to psychiatric patients but also promote researches as being part of the Neuroscience Department of the University of Leuven. The UPC KU Leuven posses start of the art infrastructure that is built on 40,000 m² surface area. This modern 409-bed hospital majorly focuses on three core departments that are the departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry.

The UPC KU has highly skilled and professional medical staff specialized for each of their departments. The departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry alone comprise of 70 beds for the clinical patient, 6 forensic labs,  facilities to enhance patient outreach, established reference center for autism patients and a diagnostic clinic in the day time. The department has nine experienced psychiatrists specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry along with 10 trainees assigned to ensure the provision of quality care to the patients. The hospital is reported to serve more than 600 years in the outpatient clinic. In addition to this, more than 200 new cases are reported in the hospital annually out of which 60% diagnosis declares ADHD cases.

Accreditation of UPC KU Leuven

Joint Commission International has accredited UPC KU Leuven (University Psychiatry Hospitals Leuven) in December 2013. The JCI Accreditation makes this hospital as one of the greatest hospitals in Belgium that provides top-standard clinical care to the patient. Significantly, the JCI accreditation makes KU UPC Hospital renowned globally for its premium healthcare services to not just national but also international patients.  The JCI also enables this hospital to extend its quality care service and maintain the struggle towards excellence in order, to maintain its top ranking and prestige.

Healthcare Departments

UPC KU Leuven (University Psychiatry Hospitals Leuven) specifically deals with psychiatry disorders. The hospital provides world-renowned health care service provision to treat the following psychiatric disorders:

• Schizophrenia,
• Depression
• Dementia
• Depression
• Psychosis
• Eating Disorders
•  Autism
• ADHD

The hospital proves to deliver leading psychiatric treatment to both local and international patient. The cooperative staffs of the Hospital not only believe in treating the disease but to also aim to spread awareness regarding mental health and disorders. Therefore, the hospital always takes proactive measures to promote psych-education and parent management training for kids with Autism and ADHD.