Places for Psychotherapy: Association Demands Reporting Obligation

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Those who suffer from a mental illness often have to wait a long time for a therapy place to become vacant. The health insurance companies are pushing for legal solutions.

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Particularly severely mentally ill people in Germany have problems finding quick help. According to health insurance companies, there is actually no shortage of therapy places. In order to better serve the demand, the top association of the insurance companies has a duty to report.

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Thousands of therapeutic places have been missing in Germany for years now. As an antidote, the GKV-Spitzenverband now proposes an obligation: Psychotherapists should report their capacities - and appointments should be given centrally.