Coping with crisis in Lower Austria: Doctors fight for a lack of staff!

Coping with crisis in Lower Austria: Doctors fight for a lack of staff!

Mauer, Österreich - Coronavirus pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in mental illnesses in children and adolescents, especially in the psychiatric departments. The already tense personnel situation in child and adolescent psychiatry services in Lower Austria has become even more critical. In the State Clinic Mauer, where almost a third of the beds can no longer be documented, the state health agency underlines the need for measures to improve the situation, as the "Lower Austrian News" first reported.

currently no closure of the station in Wall is planned, but medical specialists are missing in the adjacent departments in Tulln and Hinterbrühl. Despite an acute lack of personnel, all beds can currently be used in Tulln, while only 25 out of 30 beds in Hinterbrühl can be occupied as a result of construction work. In order to meet this crisis, a Lower Austria -wide Taskforce was launched at the beginning of the year. This works intensively to develop new concepts for the integration of various professional groups, such as clinical psychologists, in order to counteract the lack of personnel as well as the LGA.

versatile therapy approaches for the little ones

The station in Mauer offers a multi -professional team of specialists, nursing staff, psychologists and therapists to pursue the best treatment approaches. The diagnoses are made in a team-oriented process according to the ICD-10 classification scheme of the WHO. The forms of therapy offered include behavioral therapy, systemic family therapy and animal -assisted therapies with the animals of the therapy animal garden. Dietological support and various employment therapies are also part of the program to promote the health and well -being of young patients, such as Mauer.lknoe.at describes in detail.

The integration of family members into the therapy progress is of central importance and is intended to significantly support the recovery process.