Psychological need in Trier: those seeking help have to wait a long time!

Psychological need in Trier: those seeking help have to wait a long time!

In the Trier region, the demand for mental help has increased significantly, whereby the available treatment places are limited and the waiting times for therapies remain long. This poses great challenges for many affected people, such as a report by swr Aktuell shows.

Ute Schmidt, 58 years old, is an example of the people concerned. After the separation from your partner, her mental health deteriorated. She regularly visits the café stop in Trier, an emergency accommodation for homeless women, which is operated by the social service of Catholic women Trier e.V. There she receives support in dealing with her problems and can fall back on numerous offers of help. Schmidt has been waiting for a therapy place for two years and had in the meantime spent three months in a psychiatry. The head of the café, Regina Bergmann, refers to the growing number of women with mental illnesses who are looking for help and to find the difficulties of finding available therapy places at psychotherapists with cash registers. Psychiatry in the Borromeans Clinic in Trier is overloaded, with an average occupancy of 110% in 2024.

regional challenges in mental health care

The Trier region suffers from a lack of resident psychiatrists, neurologists and psychotherapists. According to SWR's reporting, the number of available psychotherapists in rural regions is limited by the needs planning of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians. This now calls for a change in the law to improve the supply situation.

In addition, it is difficult for many people with mental illness to receive professional help. According to the information from Caritas Region Trier need individual support, with the help and advice to daily structuring offers and supervised forms of living. The causes of psychological crises are diverse and include physical exhaustion, failed relationships and long -lasting unemployment. The aim of the offers of help is the self -determination of those affected and their participation in social life.

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