Psychiatric Clinic in Prague explained

Psychiatric Clinic in Prague
Coordinates:	50.0723°N 14.4261°W
Country:	Czech Republic
Type:	Specialist
Speciality:	Psychiatric
Opened:	1789

The Psychiatric Clinic in Prague (Czech: Psychiatrická klinika v Praze) is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the Czech Republic. Part of Prague's General Faculty Hospital, the clinic has five inpatient wards and also provides integrated day treatment. An expansion in 2000 added a day care centre for adolescents.^[1] The clinic's hot line, established in 1964, was the first of its kind in Europe.^[2]

Notable physicians

• Benjamin Čumpelík
• Jan Dobiáš
• Antonín Heveroch
• Jan Janský
• František Köstel
• Karel Kuffner
• Jan Mečíř
• Zdeněk Mysliveček
• Jiří Raboch
• Jaroslav Skála
• Vladimír Vondráček
• Petr Zvolský

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Kirch, Wilhelm. Public Health in Europe: 10 Years European Public Health Association. 15 July 2012. 1 February 2004. Springer. 978-3-540-40240-4. 158–.
2. Web site: The history of the Psychiatric Clinic of 1st Faculty of Medicine (1st FM) and General Teaching Hospital (GTH). Department of Psychiatry, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague. 15 July 2012.