Foreigner therapy in taiwan

[Charlie_Jack]

I don’t really know anything about mental health services in Kaohsiung. But the board seems to touch upon the subject here and there.

This is from 2005, by @Dragonbones :

Major Depression

I called San Jun hospital to ask to speak to the above-mentioned psychiatrist, Dr. Wan4 Fang1rong2, about mental health care for foreigners in Taiwan, and mentioned the assembly-line concern. He agreed, that’s pretty much the rule here, although he confirmed what I had heard about him, that he himself takes more time to talk. But in order to do that, he accepts only a smaller number of patients. There’s the rub. I asked whether there was anyone in Gaoxiong he could recommend for you, and he men…

This is from 2013, by @Feiren :

Major Depression

I think you could start by visiting the Kaohsiung Medical University Chung Ho Memorial Hospital. They have a large department of psychiatry. Some is bound to speak enough English there to point you in the right direction. kmuh.org.tw/english/Departme … ices.html#

The link in the post linked immediately above appears to be dead or otherwise nonfunctional.
Hopefully, the link immediately below will work:

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Department of Psychiatry

Please note that while the above is all I that found on the board that looked like it might be helpful, I didn’t look everywhere. For all I know there might be some other helpful information on Forumosa.

There’s also a description of mental health services on a page of the Kaohsiung City Government website (the page doesn’t seem to contain a specific offer of English-language services, but it’s in English, which seems hopeful):

https://khd2.kcg.gov.tw/Main.aspx?sn=543

I hope this helps, or at least does no harm.