Psychotherapy
Overview
The Psychiatry Department at Al Nas Hospital provides specialized mental health care for patients with other medical conditions and their families, recognizing the critical role mental well-being plays in recovery and quality of life. The department integrates psychiatric expertise into the hospital’s multidisciplinary care model, supporting patients across all clinical departments including cardiology, burn, liver transplant, and intensive care through tailored evaluations, therapeutic interventions, and ongoing support.
Scope of the Department
The Psychiatry Department focuses on prevention, early detection, and management of mental health issues in patients with other medical conditions. The team works hand-in-hand with other specialties to ensure holistic patient management.
Inpatient Consultation & Liaison Services: Daily rounds to provide psychiatric assessments for hospitalized patients, with interventions tailored to complex medical and surgical cases.
Outpatient Psychiatric Care: Follow-up clinics for patients with ongoing psychiatric needs, including mood disorders, anxiety, and adjustment issues.
Psychological Counseling & Therapy Programs: Individual and family therapy to support coping strategies, stress management, and adjustment to chronic illness.
Research, Training & Education: Academic contributions in hospital psychiatry, training for healthcare providers on mental health integration, and community awareness programs.
What We Manage
Depression, anxiety, and mood disorders.
Stress-related and adjustment disorders in patients with other medical conditions.
Delirium, cognitive impairment, and behavioral changes during hospitalization.
Substance use disorders.
Psychiatric complications associated with chronic disease, surgery and drug induced psychiatric disorders.
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Outcomes
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Program Description:
Our Psychotherapy Program delivers comprehensive, evidence-based psychological care tailored to each patient’s unique needs. Integrating supportive psychotherapy, behavioral modification strategies, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), our approach is designed to strengthen resilience, enhance emotional regulation, and promote sustainable mental well-being.
Through supportive psychotherapy, we focus on reinforcing adaptive coping mechanisms, reducing psychological distress, and improving overall functioning, particularly for individuals facing adjustment difficulties, chronic medical conditions, or stress-related concerns. Behavioral modification techniques utilize structured, evidence-based interventions—including reinforcement strategies, modeling, and habit-reversal training—to address maladaptive behaviors, enhance treatment adherence, and reduce high-risk patterns commonly associated with substance use, obsessive-compulsive spectrum, and impulse control disorders.
CBT serves as a cornerstone modality within the program, targeting dysfunctional thought patterns that contribute to depression, anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. By combining cognitive restructuring with practical behavioral interventions, treatment remains goal-oriented, individualized, and focused on long-term improvement. For patients experiencing significant emotional dysregulation, self-harming behaviors, or borderline personality disorder, DBT offers a structured therapeutic framework integrating cognitive-behavioral principles with mindfulness-based techniques. Emphasizing emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and self-acceptance, DBT is delivered in both individual and group settings to optimize therapeutic outcomes.
Together, these integrated modalities ensure a holistic, patient-centered psychotherapy service grounded in clinical excellence and measurable recovery outcomes.
Program Outcomes at a Glance
94%
Success Rate
1,800
Cases
1
Years