Mr. HARERIMANA Leo Placide
Clinical Psychologist
Its main job is to refer to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) to compare patient’s symptoms and behaviors and help them understand their condition, causes, and treatment options, as well as conducting research studies to learn more about conditions like OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder), bipolar disorders, psychotic disorders, schizophrenia or anxiety disorders.
It is also responsible for asking patients about any new symptoms or changes since they last spoke or if it is the first session and asking them what is the unusual sign alert while allowing patients to speak about their conditions and discuss accomplishments or setbacks.
Depending on how many sessions a patient has had, our clinical psychologists take time with patients to apply psychological treatment methods and offer them advice about tactics they can use in their daily lives. After each session, our clinical psychologists take detailed notes to add to the patients’ files and refer to the DSM to determine a potential diagnosis for new patients.
Services within include adult psychological consultation, which is based on clinical assessment, therapy, and follow-up of cases that it addresses. This consultation relates to the patient for medical consultation and other patients requiring therapy, coaching, and monitoring but not requiring passage and/or medical consultation (PLHIV / AIDS, people with psychological trauma, various psychological distress, etc.), as well as psychometric assessment.
There is also Children's psychological consultation, involving clinical assessment, therapy, and case follow-up that it addresses, as well as psychometric assessment.
It is also responsible for evaluating therapy and monitoring hospitalized cases in clinical and surgical services. It has also to engage in preventive activities in schools within the catchment area of the hospital, participate in programs to reintegrate mental cases patients, participate in medical visits in different services, participate in health education, lead psycho-educational groups, carry out supervision of health centers, establish and manage files of patients received in consultation and maintain registration of consultations.