Psychiatry of Vestfold Trust
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Psychiatry of Vestfold Trust is Norway's only health trust
which deals solely with psychiatric issues and is based in Vestfold
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The psychiatry
in Vestfold was separated from Vestfold Hospital
in 2000 and is organised in the following sections:
The overall head of Psychiatry of Vestfold Trust is currently administrative director Finn Hall.
Health Trust
Health trust or HF is a health enterprise owned by one of the four regional health authority in Norway, with responsibility for performing a geographic and/or specialist activities of operations on behalf of the regional health authority. There are 43 HFs in Norway, each led by a board of...
which deals solely with psychiatric issues and is based in Vestfold
Vestfold
is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...
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The psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
in Vestfold was separated from Vestfold Hospital
Vestfold Hospital
Vestfold Hospital is a public hospital in Norway, located in Tønsberg in Vestfold, with divisions also in Larvik, Sandefjord and Horten. As of 2002, the hospital had 3,000 employees. The hospital was founded in 1870...
in 2000 and is organised in the following sections:
- Nordre Vestfold DPS (formerly Linde and Grefsrud) - based in TønsbergTønsbergis a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....
and HolmestrandHolmestrandis a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Holmestrad. The city was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The neighboring rural municipality of Botne was merged into the municipality of Holmestrand on 1 January...
. - Søndre Vestfold DPS (formerly Furubakken and Preståsen) - based in LarvikLarvikis a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....
and SandefjordSandefjordis a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838...
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therapy and help for young people with psychosisPsychosisPsychosis means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality"...
. - Children and young people's psychiatry (BUPA)
- The Vestfold Clinic
- Glenne Centre for autismAutismAutism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
The overall head of Psychiatry of Vestfold Trust is currently administrative director Finn Hall.