• Provide early intervention and crisis management for individuals with suspected mental illness or community-dwelling psychiatric patients.
• Deliver ongoing home-based psychiatric care for patients with mental illness who lack insight into their condition and are unwilling to seek medical treatment.
• Conduct continuous follow-up and treatment for patients with severe mental illness after discharge from involuntary hospitalization.
• Offer assessment and continuous care for homeless individuals through street-based psychiatric outreach services.

Our hospital’s Community Psychiatry Department is one of only four designated Community Psychiatry Specialty Training Hospitals nationwide. Our physicians serve as consultants to the Taipei City Government, members of Social Safety Net–related committees, and key leaders in the Community Psychiatry Association, and have contributed to domestic violence prevention training materials commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, demonstrating influence from clinical practice to policy development.

Our team delivers proactive outreach, timely intervention, and comprehensive care, and has operated Taipei City’s 24-hour Community Emergency Medical Response Program for over 26 years, covering 29 districts across Taipei and New Taipei City. Through close collaboration with law enforcement, social welfare, and public health agencies, we manage high-risk and socially sensitive cases. Integrated services—including community rehabilitation centers, an SNQ-recognized day hospital, and a sheltered workshop—provide a full continuum of care from acute treatment to vocational reintegration. We also pioneered an NGO-partnered street-based psychiatric outreach model, now expanded to New Taipei City and Taoyuan, demonstrating a scalable and sustainable community psychiatry care model.

The hospital pioneered the CARES model, built on five key
actions:

• Community Access – proactive outreach
• Agency Coordination –cross-Agency Collaborative Network
• Regional Assignment – physician accountability by area
• Emergency Readiness – around-the-clock crisis response
• Sustained Support – seamless care and rehabilitation