Jena, 19.05.2026 – The Universitätsklinikum Jena and Aktion Wandlungswelten have opened a new day clinic for young people in Fraunhoferstraße. The facility is specifically aimed at 16- to 25-year-olds with mental health challenges and offers them intensive semi-residential treatment.
- What: Opening of the „Tagesklinik Adoleszenz“
- Target group: Adolescents and young adults (16 – 25 years)
- Capacity: Up to 20 patients
- Location: Fraunhoferstraße, Jena
- Cooperation: Universitätsklinikum Jena (UKJ) & Aktion Wandlungswelten
- Further info: Website of Aktion Wandlungswelten
Support during the transition to independence
The so-called day clinic for adolescence closes an important gap in the city’s care system. A multi-professional team will care for up to 20 patients here in the future. Through individually tailored therapy programs, the young people are to be specifically stabilized. The treatment plan includes not only regular individual and group sessions but is also supplemented by various practical training offers.
Semi-residential concept for more everyday relevance
The special feature of the semi-residential concept is that the adolescents and young adults receive therapeutic support throughout the day but spend their evenings and weekends in their familiar home environment. This ensures that the connection to everyday life, friends, and family is maintained. The overarching goal of the therapy is to strengthen the adolescents during the often crisis-ridden transition phase to adulthood and to actively accompany them on the path to an independent lifestyle.
Background: The phase of adolescence
From a psychological perspective, the transition from youth to adulthood is one of the most vulnerable developmental phases. Challenges such as school graduations, the start of vocational training, or detaching from the parental home can lead to severe psychological stress during this time. Special adolescence wards or day clinics function as an important link in medical care between child and adolescent psychiatry and general psychiatry for adults, as they are precisely tailored to these age-specific needs of the patients.
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New day clinic for young adults opened
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