psychotherapist will be in a stand – alone study designed a draft law to the Cabinet approved. The design criticism of the Doctors had gone ahead of.
psychotherapy study: This is supposed to be starting in the autumn of next year. After three years Bachelor and two years Master of the state exam and Approbation. The Cabinet has approved the bill, which now goes in the coming months by the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
so Far, future psychotherapists have to study psychology or pedagogy, and then follows – so far, often free of charge or only with internship salary – professional training. The is still required, but it is compensated better in the future, thanks to the previous approval, as is the case with the assistance of doctors. Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn (CDU) sees a qualitative improvement, for the patient, as well as for psychotherapists, because the course is directly tailored to the patient care.
Minister of health Spahn believes that the law brings an improvement for patients and psychotherapists.
point of contention: prescription of drugs
The associations of psychotherapists welcome the Reform. However, there had been in the run-up to fierce criticism from the pages of the Doctors. This was a pilot course, according to the psychotherapists also drugs could prescribe. The has now been deleted from the draft law.
The Federal doctors ‘ chamber of fear, however, that the medical powers to be curtailed. To the Minister of health Spahn said, everything with regards to physical causes, could continue to clarify just for physicians. The cooperation of psychotherapists and Physicians remain very important.
part of this act, a contract of self-management in healthcare is now. This is a new concept to regulate the access to psycho-therapeutic treatment. Originally Spahn had proposed preliminary, about the therapy and decide. This had triggered indignant contradiction with representatives of psychotherapists, who feared a deterrent to patients. Now the Federal Joint Committee of health insurance funds, hospitals and Physicians (G-BA) is to work until the middle of next year proposals of their own.
More therapists, long waiting times? 23.01.2019 Atlas |Germany |Berlin
