Taoyuan Psychiatric Center (TYPC) is the earliest established psychiatric institute in Taiwan. Its predecessor – Yoseiin, was founded in 1934 by Taiwan Sotofuku as the first public mental hospital in Taiwan. With its continuous renovation, TYPC is now one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Taiwan, with missions of psychiatric services, clinical training and research. It has 1,111 psychiatric beds, more than 10,000 outpatient visits per month, 30 board-certified psychiatrists and 500 staff members. In terms of clinical service, TYPC provides comprehensive care to various kinds of psychiatric patients, including adult psychiatry (general psychiatry), child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, community psychiatry, addiction and forensic psychiatry, and psychosomatic medicine. TYPC is ranked as an excellent class in Taiwan Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation, and provides specialty training of board-certification psychiatrist, as well as subspecialty training opportunities including Child/ Adolescent Psychiatry, and Geriatric Psychiatry. With more than 30 board-certified psychiatrists, TYPC is capable of providing training for psychiatric nurses, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, and pharmacists. The high quality clinical services of TYPC are also recognized by accreditation of “Symbol of National Quality awards” by Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry in Taiwan.
The featured teaching and training programs of TYPC includes the followings:
1.Comprehensive psychiatric care model: In TYPC, the psychiatric care includes all that a patient with severe-mental-illness (SMI) needs, such as outpatient service (OPD), acute ward, rehabilitation ward, community rehabilitation center, home care program, halfway house, adult day care unit, child/ adolescent day care unit, geriatric acute ward, and Northern Taiwan Addiction Treatment Demonstration Center.
2.Evidence-based clinical training courses with clinical research: weekly research literature reading of updated peer-reviewed medical journals were the base of clinical practice and clinical research, and more than 10 active intramural and sponsored research projects are undergoing in TYPC. The staff psychiatrists are also experienced in scientific writing of research articles.
3.Young and energetic staffs engaged in clinical training, with cross-discipline training programs in TYPC, which is very helpful for training of System-based practice in psychiatry.
