Mental Health

The Department of Mental Health of Zhejiang Provincial Tongde Hospital was established in 1976. Its predecessor was the Zhejiang Institute for the Prevention and Treatment of Mental Illness. To date, it has developed into 3 male wards and 1 female ward. The persons in charge are: Chief Physician Jin Weidong, Chief Physician Xing Baoping, Chief Physician Wang Peirong, and Chief Physician Wang Heqiu.

The department integrates medical care, teaching, and scientific research. It has 111 medical personnel, including 26 doctors, 9 with senior professional titles, 8 with intermediate professional titles, and 13 master’s degree holders. It has 220 approved beds, more than 44,000 outpatient visits annually, and admits more than 3,300 inpatients annually. The department is currently equipped with Chinese and Western medical diagnostic and treatment devices, including transcranial magnetic stimulators, biofeedback devices, acupoint regulation therapy devices, acupuncture treatment devices, chronic cerebellar electrical stimulators, cerebral circulation function therapeutic devices, and nonconvulsive electroconvulsive therapy devices. The department’s medical personnel comprehensively employ pharmacotherapy, physical therapy, and psychotherapy to promote the recovery of patients’ social functioning, enabling them to return smoothly to their families and society.

The Department of Mental Health of our hospital offers specialized outpatient clinics for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, dementia, alcohol dependence, sleep disorders, and other specialized diseases. It has particularly extensive experience in the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, dementia, and other conditions. Research into the use of integrated Chinese and Western medicine to treat schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, senile dementia, vascular dementia, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sleep disorders, and other diseases as single-disease and advantageous-disease types has been conducted for 8 years. Treatment plans have been continuously optimized, and mature diagnostic and treatment protocols have been established. In recent years, the department has undertaken 6 national-level projects, 8 provincial- and ministerial-level projects, and more than 20 department- and bureau-level projects; it has published more than 110 papers, including 11 SCI papers, with a total impact factor of 23.4 points, and has received 2 Zhejiang Province Medical and Health Science and Technology Awards and 2 Zhejiang Province Medical and Health Science and Technology Awards.