Mental Health Services

Division Director: Dr. Idan Amshalom

Head Nurse: Dr. Osnat Aharon, PhD

Head Psychologist: Ms. Revital Ben Mocha 

Head Social Worker: Ms. Sigal Agri Shavit 

The Mental Health Services at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center were established in 1997 and include a hospitalization unit (open), an adult outpatient unit, an adolescent outpatient clinic (Manor), mental health clinics for adults and children and Shalev clinic for mental health for adults. The division offers consultation services to all the hospital departments and is in close contact with people at the hospital and in the community.

Department Director: Dr. Ehud Seser

Senior Physician: Dr. Amshalom Idan

Department Secretary: Ms. Rina Imanilov

Description:

The inpatient department is an open and mixed department, with a multidisciplinary team including psychiatrists, nursing staff, psychologists, social workers, art therapists, occupational therapists and psychical therapists.

Each patient admitted to the department is assigned a primary therapist, who is responsible for guiding the patient throughout their entire hospital stay, while paying attention to all aspects of their life.

The department offers art therapy groups, discussion groups, a physical therapy group and a family group. Additionally, individual treatment is provided, along with systemic and social interventions depending on the patient's needs.

The department admits patients from the community and from within the hospital itself.

A wide range of mental illnesses are treated in the department: mental disorders including psychotic disorders, personality disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and OCD, PTSD, and combined physical and mental illness. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can also be provided.

The department trains medical students from the Technion as well as medical interns and is recognized for residency psychiatry and clinical psychology.

Useful information:

Location: The Psychiatric Department is in the southwestern area of the hospital.

Telephone numbers:

Department: 04-7744712, 04-7744711

Head Nurse: 04-7744714

Secretary: 04-7744717

Fax: 04-7744718  

Director: Dr. Elad Kurant

Department Secretary: Ms. Keren Mordechai

Description:

The day treatment program is a therapeutic framework that enables comprehensive and intensive mental health and rehabilitative treatment, while allowing the patient to maintain their daily routine. Daily participation in the treatment program, as well as coping with the patient's life reality, enables effective and supportive progress.

Acceptance to the department requires a referral from the psychiatrist, or other authorized mental health care professional as well as a financial commitment form.

The unit is intended for patients from the age of 18.

Useful information:

Location: In the southwestern part of the hospital.

To contact us and for further details, please contact the department secretary, telephone 04-7748588, Fax: 04-7748590, email: [email protected]

Director: Dr. Ella Lande

Senior Physician: Dr. Ella Notrius

Clinic Nurse: Katy Rachniev

Secretary: Rivka Allouche

Description:

The Shalev Adult Mental Health Clinic has a community-like character, and provides services for all health funds, which refer it patients from a wide geographic area. The clinic staff includes professionals from all fields of mental health.

The clinic offers a variety of therapies, both group and individual, including psychiatric follow-up, psychological therapy and social rehabilitative therapy. The clinic has teams specializing in CBT, EMDR therapy, treatment of sexual trauma (Gefen team), crisis intervention, and fertility-related mental health treatment for women (Li-Bi team).

The population treated at the clinic includes people aged 18 and upwards with various kinds of mental disorders:

Emotional distress due to difficult life events: Stress, suicidal events, physical diseases.

Various types of mental disorders: Anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders.

Acceptance to the clinic is followed by intake including a physician’s examination and psychosociological evaluation, after which a treatment program is determined. Acceptance to the clinic is with Form 17 and after referral by the primary care physician.

The Crisis Intervention Team provides immediate psychological counseling to people in crisis, to help them regain mental balance as well as mental, biological and social function, and to minimize the potential for emotional trauma as far as possible.

To schedule an appointment at the clinic, you need a family physician’s referral and a financial commitment form.

Useful information:

Location: "Mull Ha-Chof" Shopping Center, 4th. floor, 10 Shechman st., Hadera

Telephone numbers: 04-7744835 04-7744836

Fax: 04-6334526

Email: [email protected]

Mental health treatment for women with pregnancy, childbirth and fertility challenges - Li-Bi team

The Adult Mental Health Clinic is offering mental health care for women with pregnancy, childbirth and fertility challenges. The Li-Bi team emerged from the deep understanding of the unique challenges women face during different periods of their lives. The treatment is provided by a team of clinical psychologists trained and experienced in treating women who experience distress related to pregnancy, childbirth and fertility challenges. Treatment is provided against payment authorization (Form 17) from the HMO.

Director: Dr. Tatyana Ebert

Head Psychologist: Ms. Orrit Meller

Head Social Worker: Ms. Dalia Vigrat

Office Manager: Shiri Paul-Hasin

Secretary: Ms. Liron Genosar

Description:

The Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Health Clinic at Hillel Yaffe offers a range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and their families, who are experiencing social, scholastic, behavioral, family, or personal problems. The diagnosis and treatment meet the highest professional standards and our staff offer personal attention and loving care.

Our services are provided to children of all ages who suffer from emotional crises due to reasons linked to the child himself, his environment or a combination of both, such as developmental difficulties, anxiety and fears, mood disorders, identity issues including gender identity, learning difficulties, behavior change such as a person isolating themselves or aggressive behavior, self-harm, trauma, social ostracism or rejection, as well as family situations that cause anxiety or frustration to children, such as divorce, illness, or loss of a parent, and conflictual parent-child relationships.

Following the diagnosis, the clinic staff offer an individually-tailored therapy program that includes individual and group therapy, help and guidance for the parents, and psychiatric medical interventions. The treatment is a cooperative venture by all those involved in helping the child, while taking into consideration the child’s welfare, joint help from the involved parties, and complete transparency.

How to contact us: Please call the clinic and send us a referral letter from the child’s pediatrician. You need a payment authorization from your health fund (Tofes 17). Those asking for treatment are sometimes asked to complete a questionnaire. Depending on the problem, the patient-minor will come for a medical psychiatric assessment or assessment by the psychosociological staff.

Useful information:

Clinic address: 2 Hanasi Street, corner of Rambam Street (3rd floor), Hadera

Telephone numbers: 04-7744090/1

Fax: 04-6326410

Email: [email protected]  

Management:

Dr. Tatyana Ebert – Director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Health Clinic.

Ms. Yanna Beck – Director of Outpatient Care.

Ms. Naama Zingerevich Livne – School principal, Study Center, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center.

Ms. Chen Bar – Homeroom teacher.

Ms Shiri Paul Hasin - Secretary.

Description:

The Manor Center is a service helping adolescents (aged 12-18) who suffer from poor adaptation and psychiatric disorders who have trouble continuing to function at home, in society, and at school. The center has a multidisciplinary medical, paramedical, and educational staff, including a classroom under the supervision of the Ministry of Education which supplies academic studies at a level commensurate with the child’s age and ability.

Useful Information:

Telephone: 04-7744090/1

Fax: 04-6326410

Email: [email protected]

The Psychiatric Division serves as a center for multi-disciplinary teaching: Teaching psychiatry to students from the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, broad nursing instruction, including a post-basic course, recognized for specialization in clinical psychology (for both hospitals and clinics), teaching for those completing courses in psychotherapy and social work, and teaching of art therapy.