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«Orionas» Day Centre
The Day Treatment Centre for Children and Adolescents is a Mental Health Unit
which provides services for children and adolescents with mental health problems,
aged 11-16 years.
The mental health problems encountered by adolescents may cover a wide range of
difficulties. Because of these difficulties, in conjunction with the deficiencies
inherent in the special programmes and services in the field of prevention and
psychological support, these adolescents may find themselves excluded from the
educational system, and thus run a greater risk of facing more severe psychological
problems and social marginalisation.
The aim of the Day Centre services is to offer therapeutic treatment for
adolescents with mental health problems through its daily program. This
program consists of group work, creative activities and art therapy, pedagogy
, social rehabilitation and school, along with individual therapy, family
therapy and therapy for parents. |
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Services and Activities
The following services are provided:
- Diagnostic assessment
- Child psychiatric assessment
- Psychological evaluation
- Educational psychological assessment
- Treatment
- Child psychiatric monitoring
- Individual psychotherapy
- Family therapy
- Group therapy, drama therapy
- Parental counselling
- Medication
- Day treatment and educational programmes
- Educational psychology
- Education
- Occupational therapy
- Art therapy (music, painting)
- sychosocial rehabilitation
To whom is the Day Centre directed?
The Day Centre provides services for children and adolescents
aged 11-16 years, with the following mental health problems:
- Emotional and mood disturbances (e.g., depression)
- Psychoses (when not requiring hospitalisation)
- Eating disorders (e.g., anorexia nervosa, when not requiring hospitalisation)
- Developmental disorders with satisfactory functioning
- Difficulties in interpersonal and social relationships
- Difficulties in adaptation to stressful events
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It should be noted that services are not provided for children and adolescents
who present acute psychiatric symptoms in a crisis state, whose treatment requires
hospitalisation; those with moderate or severe mental retardation; those with
severe autistic symptoms whose treatment requires specialized programmes in special
settings; those who have dependence problems with addictive substances, who need
special detoxification programmes; those with a serious degree of delinquent
behaviour.
The Staff of the Day Centre
The personnel carrying out the activities of the Day Centre consist of specialists
in child and adolescent mental health. The Centre's multidisciplinary scientific team
includes child psychiatrists, psychologists, a social worker, psychotherapists, art
therapists and an educational psychologist.
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The staff, within their working framework and according to the demands
determined by the needs of the children and adolescents with mental health
problems whose treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation they have undertaken,
collaborate with organisations and other professionals in the fields of mental
health care services, education, social welfare and protection services, the
local authorities, etc.
One of the main projects of the Day Centre is to be complemented by a school
programme in order to cover the adolescents' educational needs.
Requests for further information about the Day Centre or applications
concerning the admission of children and adolescents to the treatment
programme should be directed to tel: 210-6812237,
e-mail: every day (except Saturday and Sunday),
during the hours: Monday and Wednesday 09:00-18:30, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday 9.00-16.00.
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The consent of the adolescents is essential for their acceptance in the treatment programme.
The Day Centre for Children and Adolescents was designed and operates
within the framework of the Action Plan Health - Welfare 2000-2006 (3rd Community
Support Framework), and is co-funded by the European Community Fund and the
Hellenic Ministry of Health and Welfare.
3 Sigrou St, 152 32 Halandri, Athens - Greece
Tel/Fax: +30 210 6812237
e-mail: k imeras@otenet.gr
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