20 years of daily hospital for non-psychotic disorders, organisational structure and treatment modalities

INTRODUCTION: Anxiety and depressive disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, yet there aren’t many studies adressing treatment modalities in daily hospitals. OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study is to present organisational structure and treatment modalities in Daily hospital for non-psychotic disorders in University Psychiatric Clinic “Sveti Ivan“, Zagreb, Croatia. METHODS: All patients in Daily Hospital attend 6 months programme. The treatment programme consists of psychodynamic group psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, occupational therapy, antistress and mindfulness workshops, psychoeducational workshops, cinema therapy and sociotherapy. Along with clinical follow-up, all the patients are given sociodemographic questionnaire designed for our programme, World Health Organisation Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQoL BREF) and The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS-21). RESULTS: At discharge moderate to significant improvement was observed in different aspects of functioning among most of the participants, verified by clinical follow-up as well as by results obtained through questionnaires. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show that patients with anxiety and depressive disorders can be efffectively treated by such comprehensive treatment approach. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.