CAISM

What CAISM does

CAISM (Centro de Atenção Integrada à Saúde Mental da Vila Mariana) is a public, nonprofit psychiatric teaching hospital located in Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil. Formally established in 2018 through a tripartite agreement between the São Paulo State Health Secretariat (SES), Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), and Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina (SPDM), it functions as the academic seat of psychiatry for UNIFESP's Escola Paulista de Medicina. The facility delivers integrated mental health care across four core modalities: a 49-room outpatient psychiatry clinic (Ambulatório), a 50-bed day hospital (Hospital Dia), a 21-bed inpatient unit (Unidade de Internação), and a 12-bed 24-hour emergency psychiatric service (Pronto-socorro). Approximately 205 staff deliver roughly 3,000 free consultations per month to children, adolescents, adults, and elderly patients with psychiatric conditions or substance use disorders.

The center operates approximately 30 specialized programs, including PROESQ (schizophrenia), PROATA (eating disorders), CENTOC (OCD), PAN (neuropsychogeriatrics), PROAD/UNIAD (substance use), PEP and GAPI (early psychosis), GER (refractory schizophrenia), a ketamine clinic for treatment-resistant depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation neuromodulation, Conversas de Vida (suicide prevention), Proalu (bereavement), and forensic aftercare (CAEF Pós-custódia). Academic output includes ~120 international articles per year, a CAPES score of 6, and three prior CAPES best-thesis awards in Medicine II. Approximately 95 graduate students and medical residents from UNIFESP, Santa Casa, and the University of São Paulo train at the facility.

The business model is structurally non-commercial: CAISM is 100% integrated into the Brazilian SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde), provides all services free of charge, and explicitly does not accept private health insurance. Patient access for non-emergency cases is gated through the CROSS municipal regulation system, with scheduled in-person intake only. Funding flows from SUS allocations via SES-SP, supplemented by philanthropic donations and in-kind pharmaceutical CSR partnerships (Eurofarma, Cristália). Distribution is single-site, single-city, and the organization operates no app, API, or commercial product.

Name

CAISM

Legal name

Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina (SPDM)

Website

https://caism.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CAISM is a 100% SUS-funded public psychiatric teaching hospital in São Paulo, affiliated with UNIFESP, providing free integrated outpatient, day-hospital, emergency, and inpatient mental health care plus ~30 specialized programs to the Brazilian public healthcare system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Mental Health Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Psychiatry & Medication Management (EDALAFAC)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Psychiatric care
• Public healthcare
• Teaching hospital
• Emergency psychiatric care

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CAISM (Centro de Atenção Integrada à Saúde Mental da Vila Mariana) operates as a public mental health teaching hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, delivering 100% free psychiatric care through Brazil's national public health system (SUS - Sistema Único de Saúde). It provides comprehensive mental health services including inpatient hospitalization, outpatient consultations, day hospital treatment, and 24/7 psychiatric emergency care, while also serving as a teaching facility for UNIFESP medical students and psychiatry residents.

Product overview

CAISM (Centro de Atenção Integrada à Saúde Mental) is a mental health center providing integrated psychiatric care through four core services: Hospital Dia (50 beds for extra-hospital care), Ambulatório de Psiquiatria (49 consultories for outpatient care), Unidade de Internação (21 beds for crisis hospitalization), and Pronto-socorro (12 beds, 24h emergency psychiatric care). The center operates approximately 30 specialized programs including PAN (Neuropsychogeriatrics), PEP (First-Episode Psychosis), CENTOC (OCD Treatment), PROATA (Eating Disorders), UNIAD (Alcohol and Drugs Research), Neuromodulação (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation), and Ketamine Clinic for Treatment-Resistant Depression. Services include Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychotherapy modalities. CAISM is a 100% public, SUS-funded hospital-school affiliated with UNIFESP, providing free care to children, adolescents, adults, and elderly patients with psychiatric conditions and substance use disorders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Unidade de Internação (Inpatient Psychiatric Unit) 24-hour psychiatric hospitalization service for patients requiring intensive, continuous mental health treatment and supervision. Provides beds for acute and chronic psychiatric admissions referred through SUS.
• Ambulatório (Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic) Scheduled non-emergency psychiatric consultations and follow-up care for patients with mental health conditions. Includes specialized outpatient programs for addiction, eating disorders, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and other subspecialties.
• Hospital Dia (Day Hospital) Partial hospitalization program providing intensive psychiatric treatment during daytime hours while patients return home in the evening. Designed as an intermediate level of care between outpatient and full inpatient treatment.
• Pronto-Socorro Psiquiátrico (Psychiatric Emergency Room) 24/7 emergency psychiatric care service for individuals in acute psychiatric crisis. Provides emergency assessment, stabilization, and admission services for walk-in patients and emergency referrals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 3,000 free patient consultations per month
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018UNIFESP partnership established in 2018 through a tripartite agreement with SES and SPDM. CAISM functions as the academic seat of psychiatry for Escola Paulista de Medicina. The university provides academic oversight, research programs, and graduate education through the psychiatry department rated 6 by CAPES.
• Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina (SPDM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018SPDM is the healthcare management partner in the tripartite agreement. They co-manage CAISM operations alongside UNIFESP, contributing to the quality of care delivery and operational management of the facility.
• Secretaria de Estado da Saúde (SES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018São Paulo State Health Department transferred the facility's current premises to CAISM in 2018. SES maintains regulatory oversight and funding through the public healthcare system (SUS).
• EurofarmaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPharmaceutical company partner that supports CAISM's operations through corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• CristáliaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPharmaceutical company partner supporting CAISM's healthcare mission through corporate partnerships.
• Brazilian Institute of Practical Pharmacology (BIPP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner contributing to pharmacology research and education programs at CAISM.
• CorememinorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical residency committee partnership for coordinating and managing medical training programs at CAISM.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Lar Escola São Francisco (LESF): Brazilian nonprofit institution providing psychiatric and psychosocial rehabilitation services. Comparable as a mission-driven mental health provider with academic ties, though focused on rehabilitation rather than acute crisis care.
• Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG: Major academic medical center in Belo Horizonte with a psychiatry department offering inpatient and outpatient care plus graduate medical education. Comparable as a SUS-funded academic psychiatric provider outside São Paulo.
• McLean Hospital: Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychiatric hospital renowned for inpatient care, research output, and specialized programs. Comparable in combining academic affiliation, broad specialty coverage, and benchmark research productivity.
• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: UK NHS mental health trust offering comprehensive psychiatric services across inpatient, community, emergency, and research settings. Comparable in offering publicly funded, integrated psychiatric care tied to academic medicine.
• Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto (UERJ): Public university hospital in Rio de Janeiro with a psychiatry department offering inpatient, outpatient, and emergency mental health services plus graduate training. Comparable in tripartite academic-public structure.
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): University of Toronto-affiliated mental health and addiction hospital providing inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and research services. Comparable as a publicly funded academic psychiatric center with comprehensive specialty programs.
• Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA): University hospital affiliated with UFRGS offering tertiary psychiatric care, residency training, and clinical research. Comparable in combining SUS funding, academic affiliation, and complex psychiatric case management.

Regional players

• Hospital de Saúde Mental Professor João Machado: Brazilian state-run psychiatric hospital providing inpatient and emergency mental health care under the SUS. Comparable in mission and public-funding model, though geographically distant from São Paulo.
• Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro (HPSP): Large state psychiatric hospital in Porto Alegre with inpatient, emergency, and outpatient psychiatric services under Brazil's public system. Comparable in scale and SUS-funded mission, serving the South region.

Direct peers

• Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP (IPq-HCFMUSP): Academic psychiatric hospital affiliated with the University of São Paulo's Faculdade de Medicina. Operates inpatient, outpatient, and emergency psychiatric services plus research programs — the closest functional analogue to CAISM in São Paulo and the most direct peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SPDMOficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/Departamento-de-Psiquiatria-Unifesp-124030227706426
• Instagraminstagram.com/psiquiatria.unifesp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caism

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