Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital, Alexandra Road, Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa
Life St Vincent's at Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital is a 35-bed short-term stay mental healthcare facility, providing in-house treatment for voluntary mental healthcare users. The principal forms of therapy used at the clinic are crisis counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy, life skills training and electro-convulsive therapy. Focused treatment is provided for specific conditions, such as anxiety disorders and depression, with therapeutic programmes conducted in small groups. Monitoring the patient's views on all aspects of the service keeps this facility up to date with patients' needs and enables employees to provide them with the best possible service at all times.