Meiringen
Privatklinik Meiringen is a psychiatric hospital, founded in 1918, that treats inpatients and outpatients from across Switzerland and from German-speaking countries. It is on the hospital lists of the cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Nidwalden, Obwalden and Solothurn, and is a member of the Swiss Leading Hospitals.
Inpatient care is organised in centres for adult psychiatry, old-age psychiatry, young adults in Thun, and stress-related illness and burnout in Hasliberg Hohfluh. Des Alpes Privé, the private centre, admits privately insured and self-paying patients from the whole psychiatric spectrum, with an average stay of four to six weeks. For conditions that have not responded to standard treatment, the clinic offers ketamine, electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial stimulation. Admission is arranged through the patient's doctor.
A long-established psychiatric hospital with a private ward, and with interventional treatments on site for conditions that have not responded to standard therapy.
Why we recommend itWhat Meiringen treats
Adult Psychiatry
Inpatient treatment for adults aged 18 to 65 across the psychiatric spectrum, with focuses on acute admission, addiction, and mood disorders with psychotherapy.
Des Alpes Privé
The private centre for privately insured and self-paying patients: individual and group psychotherapy, creative, movement and body therapies, and priority access to rTMS, ECT and ketamine.
Stress-Related Illness and Burnout
An inpatient centre in Hasliberg Hohfluh with an average stay of about five weeks, combining individual and group therapy with body-oriented and sleep-medicine care.
Interventional Psychiatry
Ketamine, electroconvulsive therapy, tDCS and TMS for severe conditions that have not responded to medication or psychotherapy.
Meiringen, BE. Private ward (Des Alpes Privé).
Facilities
Private centre Des Alpes Privé
Burnout centre in Hasliberg Hohfluh
Old-age psychiatry centre in Meiringen
Centre for young adults in Thun with 30 single rooms
Outpatient clinics in Bern, Interlaken, Meiringen and Thun
24-hour emergency line
Other clinics in the network
Questions about Meiringen
Where is Meiringen?
Meiringen is in Meiringen, BE, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. It was established in 1918.
What does Meiringen treat?
The clinic's programmes are Adult Psychiatry, Des Alpes Privé, Stress-Related Illness and Burnout, Interventional Psychiatry. Psychiatry in the Bernese Oberland since 1918, with a private ward for privately insured and self-paying patients.
What languages are spoken at Meiringen?
DE. Accommodation is private ward (des alpes privé).
How do I arrange treatment at Meiringen?
Send us your situation through the consultation form. A named concierge replies within 24 hours, and we approach the clinic on your behalf. The service is free to patients, and we will say so if another clinic fits you better.
Further reading
Luxury Rehab in Switzerland: Private Addiction and Mental Health Clinics
Luxury rehab in Switzerland is private residential treatment for addiction and mental health, offered in single-client residences, small-group clinics and private psychiatric hospitals.
Best Hospitals in Switzerland: Zurich, Geneva, Lausanne and the Alps
In Newsweek's 2026 ranking of the best hospitals in Switzerland, University Hospital Zurich comes first and ninth in the world, followed by the university hospitals of Geneva, Lausanne and Basel; Klinik Hirslanden in Zurich, fifth, is the highest-placed private hospital.
Sources
Each source below is the clinic's own publication or an official register, and each was opened and read on 23 September 2026.
- ClinicPrivatklinik Meiringen, official pages; Legal notice.
- CentresZentrum «Des Alpes Privé», the private ward; Zentrum für Stressfolgeerkrankungen / Burnout; Psychiatriezentrum für junge Erwachsene, Thun.
- TreatmentsInterventionelle Psychiatrie, the clinic's own overview.
- ResearchPublications by the clinic's staff.
- AdmissionAufenthalt: cantonal hospital lists of Bern, Fribourg, Obwalden, Nidwalden and Solothurn.
- AccreditationThe Swiss Leading Hospitals, member list.
Considering Meiringen?
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