Psychiatry St.Gallen

What Psychiatry St.Gallen does

Psychiatrie St.Gallen is a cantonal public healthcare institution providing comprehensive psychiatric services across the Canton of St.Gallen and Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. Founded in 1847 and headquartered in Wil, the organization operates nine physical locations offering inpatient (stationary), outpatient (ambulatory), day clinic, mobile outreach, and 24/7 crisis intervention services. It treats the full psychiatric diagnostic spectrum — covering over 25 conditions including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis/schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, trauma, personality disorders, addiction (substance and behavioral, including gambling), ADHD, dementia, eating disorders, and psycho-oncology — and serves all age groups from adults through specialized geriatric neuropsychiatry.

The organization delivers treatment through a multi-modal portfolio that integrates pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy (cognitive behavioral, systemic, couple/family), physiotherapy and movement therapy, nature-based therapies including animal-assisted therapy with donkeys, occupational therapy for elderly patients, and memory training. Service delivery is enabled by standard healthcare IT infrastructure (electronic health records, patient management systems, Microsoft Exchange Online), digital patient-facing channels (online counseling, self-assessment tools), and a content/communications stack (Brevo newsletter, Google Analytics, Facebook/TikTok/Snapchat pixels, video via YouTube and Vimeo). The marketing website (psychiatrie-sg.ch) functions as the primary public-facing channel, with educational events and continuing-education programs (e.g., Quality Circle Psychopharmacology) supporting both patient engagement and the referring-physician network.

Revenue is generated through billings to Swiss mandatory health insurance under the KVG tariff (Health Insurance Act) for both inpatient and outpatient services, with patients bearing the standard deductible and franchise. Currently no private insurance tier is offered. The entity was previously known as St.Gallische Psychiatrie-Dienste Süd and is governed by a Verwaltungsrat (administrative board) under the authority of the Canton of St.Gallen, with no private ownership, venture capital backing, or parent company. Management consists of a distributed leadership structure of Chefärztin, medical site leads, department heads, nursing leadership, and a dedicated data protection officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter), with specialized heads across addiction medicine, geriatric psychiatry, psycho-oncology, nature-based therapy, and physiotherapy.

Name

Psychiatry St.Gallen

Legal name

Psychiatrie St.Gallen

Website

https://psychiatrie-sg.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1847

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Psychiatrie St.Gallen is a cantonal public psychiatric healthcare institution operating nine sites across Canton St.Gallen and Appenzell Innerrhoden, providing inpatient, outpatient, day clinic, crisis, and outreach psychiatric services to the regional population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychiatric Healthcare Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (62133)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (HLAFAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics (HLAFABAC), Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB), Behavioral Health Skilled Home Health (Psychiatric Nursing) (HSABACAM)

Keywords

• Psychiatric inpatient care
• Outpatient mental health services
• Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy
• Addiction treatment programs
• Geriatric neuropsychiatry

Headquarters

HQ city

Wil

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Stationary Treatment Billing: Inpatient psychiatric treatments are billed through health insurance according to KVG-Tarif (Swiss Health Insurance Act tariff). Patients bear the deductible (Selbstbehalt) and excess (Franchise). Currently no private insurance offerings are available.
2. Outpatient/Ambulatory Services: Ambulatory psychiatric treatments and consultations billed through basic health insurance coverage under Swiss healthcare regulations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Psychiatrie St.Gallen provides multi-modal psychiatric healthcare through inpatient stationary treatment, outpatient ambulatory services, day clinic programs, mobile outreach, and 24/7 crisis intervention across nine locations in the Canton of St.Gallen and Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland. The service portfolio is supported by specialized therapy modules including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, physical/sport/movement therapy, nature-based therapies (animal-assisted therapy with donkeys), occupational therapy for the elderly, psycho-oncology, and memory training. Treatments are billed through Swiss basic health insurance under the KVG tariff for the full range of psychiatric conditions including depression, anxiety, psychosis, addiction, bipolar disorder, trauma, borderline, ADHD, dementia, and eating disorders.

Product overview

Psychiatrie St.Gallen is a comprehensive psychiatric healthcare provider offering a multi-modal treatment platform with inpatient, outpatient, and day clinic services across nine locations in the canton of St.Gallen, Switzerland. The core services are organized by treatment type (stationary, outpatient, day clinic, mobile outreach, crisis intervention) and supported by specialized therapy modules including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, physical/sport/movement therapy, nature-based therapies, occupational therapy for elderly, and psycho-oncology. The treatment portfolio covers over 25 psychiatric diagnoses including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis/schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, substance-related disorders, addiction, trauma disorders, borderline, ADHD, dementia, and eating disorders. Multiple locations (Wil, Pfäfers, St.Gallen, Sargans, Rapperswil, Rorschach, Uznach, Wattwil, Heerbrugg) enable distributed access to care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stationäre Behandlung (Inpatient Treatment)
• Ambulante Behandlung (Outpatient Treatment)
• Tagesklinische Behandlung (Day Clinic Treatment)
• Aufsuchende Dienste (Mobile Outreach Services)
• Krisenintervention (Crisis Intervention)
• Psychopharmakotherapie (Pharmacotherapy)
• Psychotherapie (Psychotherapy)
• Physio-, Sport- und Bewegungstherapie (Physical, Sport and Movement Therapy)
• Naturgestützte Therapien (Nature-Based Therapies)
• Ergo- und Aktivierungstherapie im Alter (Occupational and Activation Therapy for Elderly)
• Psychoonkologischer Dienst (Psycho-Oncology Service)
• Gedächtnistraining (Memory Training)
• Online-Beratung (Online Counseling)

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Facebook Ireland Ltd.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerFacebook Pixel is used for advertising audience building and conversion tracking for Facebook advertising campaigns targeting potential patients and community members.
• TikTokminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTikTok Pixel is used for advertising audience building and conversion tracking for TikTok marketing campaigns.
• Snap Inc.minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSnap Pixel is used for advertising audience building and conversion tracking for Snapchat marketing campaigns.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich (PUK): PUK is the university psychiatric hospital of the Canton of Zürich and one of Switzerland's largest psychiatric institutions. Comparable to Psychiatrie St.Gallen in core inpatient and outpatient offerings, but materially larger, research-oriented, and tied to the University of Zürich.
• Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern (UPD): UPD is the university-affiliated psychiatric hospital system for the Canton of Bern, providing a similar full continuum of psychiatric services plus academic teaching and research. Larger in scale and scope than Psychiatrie St.Gallen, but functionally the closest university-aligned peer in the Swiss public psychiatric landscape.

Direct peers

• Privatklinik Hohenegg: Privatklinik Hohenegg is a private psychiatric hospital on Lake Zürich treating mood, anxiety, trauma, and addiction disorders. Comparable to Psychiatrie St.Gallen's specialty inpatient offerings but operates under private insurance rather than KVG reimbursement.
• Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau (PDAG): PDAG is a cantonal psychiatric services provider in Aargau operating inpatient, outpatient, and day-clinic facilities across multiple sites — directly comparable to Psychiatrie St.Gallen in scope, governance, and service mix. Both are public cantonal institutions offering a full continuum of psychiatric care under Swiss KVG.
• Psychiatrie Baselland (PBL): PBL provides psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services for the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, mirroring Psychiatrie St.Gallen's cantonal mandate and multi-site delivery model. Comparable in regulatory standing, payer mix, and clinical service breadth.
• Sanatorium Kilchberg: Sanatorium Kilchberg is a private psychiatric clinic near Zürich offering inpatient and outpatient care with a comparable specialty focus including addiction, depression, and psychotherapy. Comparable in clinical service mix, though smaller in scale and private rather than cantonal in ownership.
• Integrierte Psychiatrie Winterthur - Zentralwiesli (ipw): ipw is a regional psychiatric hospital network in Winterthur (Canton of Zürich) offering inpatient, outpatient, and day-clinic services with a comparable specialty therapy portfolio. Functions as the most direct competing model to Psychiatrie St.Gallen in terms of integrated psychiatric care delivery in a Swiss canton.
• Klinik Barmelweid: Klinik Barmelweid is a Swiss specialty clinic providing inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and psychosomatic rehabilitation, with notable emphasis on movement and nature-based therapies — directly comparable to Psychiatrie St.Gallen's nature-based, animal-assisted, and physio/movement therapy programs.
• Clienia Psychiatriezentrum: Clienia operates multiple psychiatric clinics across several Swiss cantons (e.g., Littenheid, Männedorf) providing inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care. Overlaps directly with Psychiatrie St.Gallen on inpatient psychiatry, addiction treatment, and geriatric psychiatry, and is among the larger multi-site private psychiatric groups in Switzerland.

Emerging players

• Medbase Psychotherapie: Medbase operates an expanding network of outpatient mental health and psychotherapy services across Switzerland. Differs from Psychiatrie St.Gallen in lacking inpatient capacity, but represents the emerging outpatient/digitally-enabled primary-care-anchored psychiatry model that competes for the same patient base in ambulatory settings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/psychiatrieSG
• Facebookfacebook.com/psychiatrie.st.gallen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/psychiatrie-st-gallen-nord

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles22 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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