Tag #Child Psychiatry

What immediate actions is Hamburg taking to address the significant increase in wait times for child and adolescent mental health services?

Hamburg's mayor, Peter Tschentscher, is addressing the city's mental health crisis by focusing on improved coordination and increased training for psychotherapists. A new psychiatry plan aims to better align public health services, clinics, and private practices. The plan comes in response to significantly increased wait times for therapy appointments, with over half of therapists reporting further delays in 2023, following a doubling of wait times in 2022 to approximately eight months.