The Karl Jaspers Clinic is one of the largest hospitals for psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics in Lower Saxony. In addition to the comprehensive range of services offered by a maximum care provider, the hospital is characterised by its location in the countryside.

The full inpatient area comprises 611 beds spread over 32 wards, plus 84 day clinic treatment places. The specialist diversity extends across the medical services of the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, the Clinics for General Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine. The range of services is complemented by a variety of outpatient programmes.

With our specialist departments and specialists, we provide care for a catchment area of around 1,000,000 people. Every year, we treat around 20,000 patients, of which around 12,600 are outpatients and 7,000 are inpatients.

With around 1,100 employees, the Karl Jaspers Clinic is one of the largest employers in the region. It is run by the Psychiatrieverbund Oldenburger Land, a non-profit organisation.

Named after the Oldenburg-born philosopher and psychiatrist Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), the clinic stands for modern psychiatry with differentiated medical treatment concepts.