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Psychiatry in Tunis: consult, be treated, find your footing again.
The Espoir Clinic in El Menzah 9 is a private psychiatric clinic in Tunis: psychiatric disorders are treated here in their own right, not only when an addiction comes with them. Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia — as an outpatient, in day hospital or as an inpatient, according to what the situation calls for. A caregiver answers at any hour on +216 00 000 000.
When to see a psychiatrist
There is no official threshold, but there are signs that last:
- Sleep has come apart for weeks, and the day never recovers from it.
- A sadness or emptiness that nothing lifts; simple gestures — getting up, washing, answering people — demand a disproportionate effort.
- Panic attacks, a fear that invades places, journeys, people.
- Periods of elation without fatigue, spending or decisions that don't resemble the person.
- Voices, convictions that isolate, a withdrawal that settles in.
- Suicidal thoughts, even fleeting ones, justify a call today — not next week. In immediate danger, call 190 (SAMU).
Consulting early is not overreacting: early treatment weighs heavily on the long-term outcome. To know what to do right now, three questions are enough to point the way.
The conditions we treat
- Depression: the episode is treated, and so is the ground it grew on — medication if needed, psychotherapy, relapse prevention.
- Anxiety disorders and panic attacks: understand the mechanism, defuse the attacks, reclaim the ground that was abandoned.
- Bipolar disorder: stabilise mood, protect sleep, learn to spot the signs that announce an episode.
- Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders: treat the acute episode in a safe place, then build a follow-up that holds over time.
- Sleep disorders: when insomnia is the symptom of something else — and when it has become the problem itself.
- Addiction and dual diagnosis: a substance is often the tree that hides the disorder. Medical withdrawal and psychiatric care happen here under the same roof.
Each condition is detailed card by card on the home page: the signs, what the clinic offers, what family and friends can do.
Three ways to be received
- Outpatient consultation: by appointment, Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm and Saturday from 8 am to 1 pm. The first consultation lasts about forty-five minutes.
- Day hospital: the day's care — psychiatrist's visit, individual session, workshops, talking group — while going home in the evening.
- Voluntary admission: with the patient's consent, in a single or double room, with nursing staff present day and night. It is warranted in particular when there is a suicidal risk, an acute phase to shelter, or when nothing moves as an outpatient; the length of stay is reviewed every week.
Medication holds a place, not the whole place: the rest happens in sessions, in groups and in the rhythm of the days — the therapies are detailed on the home page.
The first consultation
Forty-five minutes to lay the situation out: what brings you, since when, what has already been tried. You leave with a working diagnosis, a treatment if one is needed, and a follow-up rhythm — not with a label. If a doctor already follows you, give their name in the appointment form: with your consent, we coordinate with them. Are you a doctor wishing to refer a patient? The details are on the For doctors page.
In a crisis
Hallucinations, suicidal talk, agitation, total insomnia: the home page explains what to do until arrival, and who to call. In life-threatening danger, call 190, then call us: we prepare the arrival.
The questions no one dares to ask
Do I need a referral to see a psychiatrist?
No. Appointments are requested directly, by phone or through the form. If a doctor already follows you, give their name: with your consent we coordinate with them and they receive a medical report.
Can someone be admitted against their will?
Admission at the clinic is voluntary: it happens with the patient's consent. If they refuse care, the page They refuse treatment: what can we do? details what helps — and a first call serves to assess the situation. In immediate danger, call 190.
Will it stay confidential?
Medical confidentiality covers the consultation and the entire stay. No information is passed to an employer, an administration or any third party without the patient's written consent.
Do you receive patients living outside Tunisia?
Yes. Assessment starts by phone, in English, French or Arabic, and admission is prepared before arrival — the Preparing your stay page details what to bring.
The information on this page is general and does not replace a medical consultation. No treatment, no stopping and no dose change should ever be decided from this site.
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Before admission: preparing the stay, what to bring.
Is a substance involved? alcohol · benzodiazepines · opiates · cannabis · cocaine and stimulants · pregabalin.