Germany: Mental Health Patients Face Uphill Battle for Help
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Today, demonstrations against the reduction in fees for psychotherapists are planned throughout Germany.
From April onwards, the fees for therapy hours will be reduced. This exacerbates the problems in psychotherapeutic training, critics. Are the prospective psychotherapists now giving up?
Germany: Mental health patients face uphill battle for help
Waiting lists for psychotherapy are full-to-bursting in Germany, with patients often waiting more than a year for treatment. Now a row has erupted over planned fee cuts for therapists in the public healthcare system.
Susanne Berwanger is a behavioral therapist and, like many of her colleagues, is fighting against the fee cuts. She explains why an hourly wage of 120 euros isn't much and why investing in health pays off many times over.
On 1 April, the fees for psychotherapists will fall by 4.5 percent. This is likely to worsen the already difficult care of patients in many places – even in Bavaria. There is a lot of criticism.
The outcry of psychotherapists is great: from April their fees are to be reduced. Does the consequences for the therapy places?
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