Mental health & crisis after a stroke in the canton of Ticino
4 support services in the canton of Ticino. All with a phone number, many with a website.
A stroke also affects the mind. About one in three people affected develops depression afterwards, and many struggle with anxiety, irritability or exhaustion – often consequences of the injury to the brain itself, not weakness of character. This can be treated.
In an acute crisis, the helpline Die Dargebotene Hand / La Main Tendue answers around the clock on 143, and the ambulance service on 144. For everything else there are psychiatric services, psychotherapy and counselling centres – on medical prescription, paid by the health insurer.
Family members reach their limits too. There are dedicated counselling services and groups for them – use them before you fall ill yourself.
Numbers and names in the canton of Ticino
- Available for the whole canton: Organizzazione sociopsichiatrica cantonale (OSC), Pro Senectute Ticino e Moesano.
- 4 entries have been checked by hand by Via Communa.
- Most services are located in Bellinzona (1), Lugano (1), Porza (1), Ticino (1).
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Psychiatry(4)
- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana – ambulatorio di neurologia (Memory Clinic, disturbi cognitivi), sede LuganoLuganoChecked by handCall: 091 811 69 21Website
- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC)Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana – ambulatorio di neurologia, sede BellinzonaBellinzonaChecked by handCall: 091 811 86 23Website
- Organizzazione sociopsichiatrica cantonale (OSC)Centro di contattoTicinoChecked by handCall: 0848 062 062Website
- Pro Senectute Ticino e MoesanoCentro competenze Alzheimer – sostegno a domicilio dei famigliari curantiPorzaChecked by handCall: 091 912 17 07Website
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Available throughout Switzerland
These services can be reached from anywhere in the country, by phone or online – in the canton of Ticino too.
- Angst- und Panikhilfe Schweiz
- Assoziation Schweizer Psychotherapeutinnen und Psychotherapeuten (ASP)
- Die Dargebotene Hand
- Die Dargebotene Hand
- FMH – Verbindung der Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte
- Föderation der Schweizer Psychologinnen und Psychologen (FSP)
- La Main Tendue
- Parler peut sauver
- Pro Juventute
- Pro Juventute
- Pro Mente Sana
- Pro Mente Sana
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