Follow the guidelines
Ambulatory
The place to go first is always the ambulatory.
It is for free
Remember that you don’t have to pay for the following services:
- The first appointment, if you are referred to a family doctor or psychiatrist, or if you go directly to the regional clinic closest to you
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prescription by a doctor-psychiatrist, and sometimes even the provision of medications
- Social support
- Home visits by a doctor
- Psychosocial rehabilitation
Hospital
You may need to visit the inpatient hospital.
If the patient mentions that he doesn’t want to live anymore; or threatens someone else, is aggressive and can cause material damage to himself or others, he is entitled to be hospitalised immediately.
There are just 4 inpatient facilities for the adults in Tbilisi. You can choose the clinic regarding your home address on a map
When in the clinic, you can request for the following:
- Psychiatrist appointment and relevant treatment
- Food and personal hygiene items
- Emergency surgical and dental care
- Dismissal from the clinic in case of voluntary self-treatment
- Information about the ongoing treatment
- Staying in the clinic until the critical condition is over