Services
Services in the Canton of Bern
An overview of the clinics, specialised services and Memory Clinics of old-age psychiatric care in the Canton of Bern.
Old-age psychiatric care in the Canton of Bern comprises inpatient, day-clinic, outpatient and outreach services of public and private institutions – as well as the interfaces with long-term care, home care (Spitex) and family medicine.
Old-age psychiatry
Clinics and specialised services
Bern & Münsingen
University Psychiatric Centre Bern (UPZ)
Formed on 1 July 2026 from the merger of UPD and PZM Münsingen – University Clinic for Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; inpatient, day-clinic, outpatient and outreach at the Bern (Waldau) and Münsingen sites.
Thun / Western Oberland
Psychiatric Services Thun
STS Hospital – outpatient and day-clinic old-age psychiatry for the Thun region and the western Oberland.
Interlaken / Eastern Oberland
Psychiatric Services Interlaken
fmi Hospitals, Unterseen – inpatient and outpatient care incl. Memory Clinic.
Oberaargau
Psychiatric Services Langenthal
SRO Ltd (Oberaargau Regional Hospital) – outpatient and day-clinic old-age psychiatry: diagnosis and treatment, a neuropsychiatric consultation (with neuropsychology, neurology and neuroradiology) and consultation and liaison psychiatry in residential and nursing homes.
Emmental
Psychiatric Services Burgdorf
Emmental Hospital – inpatient old-age psychiatry in Burgdorf (17 treatment places, open ward) as well as old-age psychiatry outpatient units in Burgdorf and Langnau with outpatient and outreach treatment, consultations and a liaison service in residential and nursing homes.
Seeland / Bernese Jura
Pôle santé mentale – Réseau de l’Arc
Réseau de l’Arc SA (formerly Réseau Santé Mentale Bienne–Seeland–Jura bernois) – bilingual psychiatric care for the Biel region, the Seeland and the Bernese Jura.
Münchenbuchsee · private
Wyss Private Clinic
Old-age psychiatry in Münchenbuchsee; outpatient units in Bern and Biel.
Meiringen · private
Meiringen Private Clinic
Centre for Old Age Psychiatry – inpatient incl. emergency admissions and an old-age psychiatry day clinic.
Outpatient care is complemented by physicians in private practice holding the subspecialty in old-age psychiatry and psychotherapy (directory: doctorfmh.ch). Consultation and liaison services in residential and nursing homes are offered in particular by the UPZ and, in the Oberaargau, by the SRO Ltd psychiatric services within the Oberaargau Old-Age Psychiatry Network. Cantonal planning and supervision: Directorate of Health, Social Affairs and Integration (GSI).
Memory assessment
Memory Clinics
Specialised consultations for the interdisciplinary assessment of memory disorders and dementia.
Foundations
Documents & publications
Guidelines and recommendations for old-age psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.
Counselling & support
For those affected and their relatives
Independent, mostly free counselling centres in the Canton of Bern – for people with dementia or mental illness and for their relatives.
Alzheimer Bern
Free counselling, support and training for people with dementia and their relatives – in regional counselling centres throughout the canton.
Alzheimer phone line 058 058 80 00
VASK Bern
Association of relatives of people with mental illness – information, counselling, training and discussion groups for relatives.
Phone 031 333 00 60
Pro Senectute Canton of Bern
Free social counselling in old age as well as advice on pension provision and health; support with respite, finances and everyday matters.
be.prosenectute.ch
Bernese Health
Confidential, free addiction counselling and therapy as well as health promotion and prevention services – for those affected and their relatives.
bernergesundheit.ch
Pro Mente Sana
Psychosocial and legal counselling on mental illness, by phone throughout Switzerland.
Counselling line 0848 800 858
The Samaritans (Die Dargebotene Hand) · tel 143
Anonymous helpline around the clock – also for relatives in stressful situations.
Phone 143 · 24 h
Cantonal overview of all support services for caring relatives: GSI Canton of Bern. Self-help groups are arranged by Selbsthilfe BE.