Offer

I offer psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment. This always involves conversations, but may also include medication. My treatment is accredited in Switzerland and costs are covered by Swiss health care (excluding deductibles). Under some health care plans in Switzerland, you are required to get a referral from your familiy practitioner before seeing me - please check with your insurance. Billing will be outsourced to Ärztekasse (www.aerztekasse.ch). I treat all individuals 18 years or older. Conversations will be in English or German.

In case you are looking for coaching rather than psychiatric-psychotherapeutic treatment, you must cover costs for that yourself.

Please note:

• I can only help you, if you are dissatisfied with your current situation.
• I would like to thoroughly understand your situation and how you have coped with it so far. Usually, this requires further inquiry.
• All your information and data is treated with the utmost confidentiality within the legal framework in Switzerland. If you prefer billing not to be directed to your Swiss health care insurance via Ärztekasse, please let me know. Please also take not of the privacy notice on this website.

Contact

For an appointment (or  urgent request) please write me an e-mail or call me.

phone: +41(0)774764602

e-mail: guenther@hin.ch

Please state your request and let me know how to reach you.

(If you choose to write me an e-mail, I assume you have informed yourself on applicable risks to data privacy and that you accept these risks also for my answer via e-mail.)

Office hours by appointment.
Appointments: by phone or email.
Languages: Swiss German (passive only), Standard German, English.

Cancellations

Physical address

Emergency

In case of a psychiatric emergency please contact one of the following emergency service providers. This also applies to cases of acute suicidal ideation or acute danger of violence to other individuals. For somatic emergencies, please contact your family practitioner or an adequate emergency hotline.  

Regional 24-hour emergency hotlines:

Emergency psychiatrist Interlaken via Hospital of Interlaken (office hours): 033 826 2321  

Emergency psychiatrist Interlaken via Hospital of Interlaken (outside office hours): 033 826 2626 

Medical emergency hotline Interlaken (Medphone Bern): 0900 57 67 47  

Bern University Psychiatric Services (UPD): 031 632 88 11  

Emergency medical services:  144      

Police:  117     

International emergency police:  112 

Data protection/ disclaimer

Welcome to our psychiatric practice website. Any liability is excluded for all information on this website. The English version of this website is a partial translation of the German website and may contain errors in translation. The following data protection declaration applies to the use of our website and the services offered on it, unless otherwise agreed in a specific contract. This data protection declaration informs you about the collection of personal data during your visit to this website. By using this website you agree to the present data protection declaration and disclaimers.

Our medical practice attaches great importance to data protection. Due to their legal obligations (medical confidentiality according to Art. 321 StGB, Data Protection Act and other federal and cantonal decrees) there is already a high level of legal protection. The collection and processing of your personal data takes place in compliance with the applicable data protection laws and requirements.

In principle, our medical practice only offers its services in Switzerland and is only aimed at people resident in Switzerland.

Collection of general data and information

A series of general data and information is collected each time the website is accessed by an affected person or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the log files of the server. The (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites, which are accessed via an accessing system on our website is controlled, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used to avert threats in the event of attacks on our IT infrastructure.

This data and information is required to (1) display the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our IT infrastructure and the technology of our website and (4) In the event of a cyber attack, provide the law enforcement authorities with the necessary information. Our medical practice can also evaluate this data and information statistically and with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of your IT infrastructure. The data and information collected in this way are only processed for the purposes just mentioned and are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

Links from other websites

This website may contain links to websites of other providers. Our medical practice has no influence on these websites, their content, offers or availability or the data protection declarations and regulations applicable there. It therefore rejects any liability.

Cookies and other service offerings

Our medical practice may use cookies on its website to provide the best possible service and specific information. Cookies contain a so-called cookie ID, a unique identifier of the cookie, which websites and servers are assigned to a specific Internet browser. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via this unique cookie ID. The purpose of this recognition is to offer the users of this website an optimal visitor experience and to improve the website design.

Such information about the use of this website (including your IP address) can be transmitted to servers abroad and stored there, e.g. in the case of Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses this information, for example, to compile reports on the website activities of visitors. Google may also transfer this data to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google, like other cookie providers, have their own privacy policies and policies. The use and processing of data stored via cookies from third-party companies such as Google are outside the area of ​​responsibility of the doctor's office. It therefore rejects any liability.

Our medical practice can use other services from third-party providers to integrate their content and services, such as videos or articles, into the website. A corresponding integration always presupposes that these third-party providers can record and process the IP address and other information of the visitors to this website.

In your browser settings you can block the use of cookies, request a warning before a cookie is created or subsequently delete cookies. Please note that if cookies are blocked or subsequently deleted, this website may not be fully usable or its display may be impaired.

Social Media / Social Networks

Buttons (“social media plugins”) can be placed on this website that establish contact with the servers of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.). By clicking on one of these buttons, you give your consent for certain data such as IP address, visit to the website, etc. to be transmitted to the respective operator of the social network. This data transmission takes place without the involvement of the doctor's office. The data protection declarations and regulations of the respective social network apply.

Newsletter

You can subscribe to our newsletter via our website. Data that you make available to the doctor's office, in particular your e-mail address and your name, can be used for the regular dispatch of our newsletter. The dispatch takes place either directly via the doctor's practice or via a company specialized for this purpose. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time (via the link in the newsletter or on the website). You can also inform us of this by e-mail or to the contact details given in the imprint.

The newsletter of the medical practice may contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. Based on the tracking pixel embedded in the e-mail, our medical practice can see if and when an e-mail was opened by a data subject, and which links in the e-mail were called up by data subjects. Such collected personal data is stored and evaluated in order to optimize the newsletter dispatch and to better adapt the content to the interests of the person concerned. This personal data remains with our medical practice and, if necessary, with the company commissioned to send the newsletter.

Communication options

The website of our medical practice contains certain information due to legal regulations ("imprint obligation"), which enables quick electronic contact and direct communication, which also includes a general e-mail address. If you contact us via the communication options offered on our website, your contact details and content will only be used to process and answer your request.

Please note: Information and services on this website can be accessed via the Internet, which is an open network accessible to everyone. The transmission of your data via this website or via means of communication such as e-mail, SMS or WhatsApp is generally considered insecure. Our medical practice therefore rejects any liability.

Your rights

You have various rights regarding your data under data protection law. In particular, there is a right to information, correction and deletion (if the data no longer has to be stored for legal reasons). The exercise of such rights usually requires that you clearly prove your identity (e.g. by means of a copy of an ID card, where your identity is otherwise not clear or cannot be verified). To assert your rights, please contact the doctor's office. We remain at your disposal for any further information in this regard.

Changes

Our medical practice can adjust this data protection declaration at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website applies. Insofar as the data protection declaration is part of a contract with you, we will inform you of the change by e-mail or in another suitable way in the event of an update.

Authors: Health Info Net AG, Association of Swiss Doctors FMH, Dr. iur. Sascha D. Patak, Attorney at Law, Goetz & Patak Rechtsanwälte, June 2018

This data protection declaration was created by Health Info Net AG (HIN) and the Association of Swiss Doctors FMH in cooperation with Dr. S. Patak, Goetz & Patak Rechtsanwälte from Küsnacht ZH and is made available to FMH members and HIN participants for free use (without acknowledgment of a legal obligation). This declaration or parts thereof may not be passed on to third parties without the expressed consent of the authors.