Mental health: Templin weekly market illuminates missing therapies!

Mental health: Templin weekly market illuminates missing therapies!

The Stephanus Foundation attracts attention with an impressive participation in this year's week of action of mental health in Templin. At the Templin weekly market, employees took the opportunity to point out the variety of offers for people with mental, physical and psychological impairments. Visitors were amazed at the numerous options that the foundation provides in its residential and advisory services.

The foundation is particularly concerned with the challenges that people face who have to live with double diagnoses. As the social worker Katrin Zaspel and her colleague Antje Lachmann reported, there is often a lack of suitable therapies for mentally handicapped people who also suffer from psychological problems. "With our campaign days, we want to point out that there are very few therapy options," said Zaspel. In their work, employees support those affected in everyday life, but are usually not psychotherapists.

Therapies and assumption of costs

A central point that Zaspel addressed is the insufficient financing of therapies that meet the special needs of these people. Applications for therapy financing are often rejected by payers, since it is often assumed that people with intellectual disabilities are not therapy -efficient. But many of their challenges have psychological roots and need therapeutic support.

Behavioral problems are often seen as part of a mental disability, while they can actually be an expression of psychological stress. People with disabilities often suffer from fears, stress and experience; The WHO even reports a triple higher risk of mental illnesses in this group. The Stephanus Foundation is therefore committed to promoting broader support and a better understanding of the needs of these people.

Mental health at work

The nationwide week of action will take place this year from October 10th to 20th under the motto "Hand in hand for mental health at work". The aim is to sensitize both employers and employees to the psychological stress that can occur in the work environment. The focus is on the strategies in order to preserve your own health even in times of stress and lack of personnel. Good examples are also to be presented how those affected can better integrate and stigmatization can be broken down.

According to statistics, almost every third German develops a mental disorder within one year. The event of the campaign week, coordinated by the action alliance of mental health, thus helps to raise awareness of this decisive topic and to create necessary support structures. Information about the action week expands awareness of how important the exchange and awareness in our society are in order to die at mental illnesses and to offer those affected to help.

For further information on the offers of the Stephanus Foundation and the Action Week, there are detailed reports that should be made available to the public in order to promote the urgently needed education and support for people with mental illnesses. Details on the activities and offer structures are here to read.