Refer a patient

Checklist

Is U-center suitable for your patient?

Do you suspect that your patient is suffering from serious psychological problems or addiction? Is outpatient treatment no longer sufficiently intensive or effective? The following checklist will help you to determine whether your patient is eligible for clinical treatment. Your patient must have least one or more DMS-5 conditions. 

Does your client suffer from or have:

• severe depression, anxiety, trauma, somatic symptom disorder, personality disorder, eating disorder and / or addiction;
• more than one psychological condition (comorbidity);
• additional somatic problems;
• social, psychological or physical dysfunction;
• long-term or recurring complaints;
• previous (outpatient) treatments with insufficient results;
• an overloaded support system or unsustainable home situation;
• a diagnostic question that can only be investigated in the clinical setting?

Does your client:

• need a treatment environment that offers structure and protection;
• need medication in a clinical environment or reduce medication?

If a combination of the above apply, your patient is probably entitled to be admitted for our inpatient treatment programme. If you are not sure, you can still refer your patient to our diagnostic center for an accurate assessment. 

We pay a lot of attention to resuming work, meaningful daytime activities and reintegration into society. U-center has a contract with almost all health insurers in the Netherlands and with a range of international insurers.

Criteria

Treatment at U-center is intensive and demanding. It can be very confronting and arouse strong emotions. A certain determination and attitude are required to be able to follow the programme’s intensity. For this reason, if your patient would like to come to U-center, we make a careful assessment of whether U-center is the right match.

Age
Our programme is suitable for people who are motivated to work on their recovery. We treat adults from 18 years of age.

Crises care
U-center is an open behavioural health hospital: we do not have a secure ward. If your patient could be a danger to yourself or others, you may need a more protective environment. For example, if you are acutely suicidal, it may be better to first stabilize your condition in a secure ward. The same applies if you are seriously confused and may become aggressive as a result. We do everything possible to guarantee your safety and that of our other clients.

Special physical care
U-center endeavours to make everyone’s stay as comfortable as possible. However, we are not a nursing home or general hospital, but rather a behavioural health centre. Therefore we can not offer the appropriate care for patients that require intensive daily physical care or hospital visits. For patients suffering from anorexia nervosa, or who are seriously underweight and need to receive intravenous nourishment, a specialized institution is more appropriate.

Psychosis
People with acute psychosis first have to be stabilized. Our experience is that U-center’s short-term treatment will not be sufficiently beneficial for people suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia.

Comprehension
U-center’s programme is designed for people who have at least an average IQ. People with a low IQ may find the program too challenging. If desired, we can also assess a client’s IQ.

Do you have any questions? Feel free to contact us for advice.