Frankenalb Clinic Engelthal

The Frankenalb Clinic on the Reschenberg above Engelthal

The Frankenalb Clinic Engelthal in the municipality of Engelthal in the Nuremberg region is a specialist clinic for psychiatry , psychotherapy and psychosomatics . It is an institution of the municipal company Bezirkskliniken Mittelfranken , which also includes the Ansbach district clinic, the clinic on the Europakanal in Erlangen, the Eggenhof sociotherapeutic dormitory in Uttenreuth and the sociotherapeutic residential and nursing home in Ansbach.

history

The Frankenalb Clinic was built on the Reschenberg in 1898 and opened in 1900 as a lung sanatorium with 100 beds. In the meantime it was a children's home during the Second World War . In 1973 the company specialized in the treatment of mental illnesses.

Facility

Since 2006 the focus has been on the areas of depression, burnout and psychosomatics. In addition, the clinic includes departments for general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction medicine and an institute outpatient department. The “SubstANZ” substitution clinic in Nuremberg is connected to the clinic.

Subjects

The following departments are available:

education

Until 2009 Engelthal had its own vocational school for nursing . In addition, the Frankenalb Clinic offers advanced and advanced training courses in its specialties, including dementia , crisis intervention , group management and dealing with suicidal patients .