Buchloe: Child and adolescent psychiatry improves care for those affected!

Buchloe: Child and adolescent psychiatry improves care for those affected!

The child and adolescent psychiatry in Buchloe is expanding its offerings, which will be important for many families in the region. How merkur.de reports, the practice on Peter-Dörfler-Straße will in future operate within the framework of the Social Psychiatry Agreement (SPV). This new chapter aims to intensively improve the care of children and young people with mental illnesses.

Those responsible around Alexander Stemper from the Ostallgäu-Kaufbeuren clinics have shown “a good hand”. He emphasizes that it is necessary to offer medical, therapeutic and social-educational help from a single source. This integrative approach is intended to make the lives of the children affected and their families much easier. More support is urgently needed because the challenges that mental illnesses pose in children and adolescents are often complex.

Christian Jung, the specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry in the practice, knows how important a holistic approach is. In addition to medical care, the new service also includes offers such as family and parent counseling as well as therapeutic group offers. “Early support is the be-all and end-all,” says Jung, and these services could significantly reduce the risk of long-term disease progression.

Comprehensive range of treatments

The practice's treatment spectrum now ranges from diagnostics to various forms of therapy, including cognitive behavioral therapy and family therapy. “The SPV enables us to support around three times more children and young people,” explains an information source from kinder-jugendpsychiater.org. This is particularly important because mental disorders such as ADHD, depression or psychosomatic illnesses are very popular in society and should be treated quickly.

Parental advice and support are also central elements of the new offer. Comprehensive care is ensured through coordinated collaboration with other healthcare professionals – including family doctors, school psychologists and social workers. This not only improves the quality of life of those affected, but also promotes mental health.

Flexibility and reduced waiting times

One advantage of the new practice structure is the flexible treatment that is promoted by the SPV contract. Access to treatment should be simplified, especially for complex psychiatric disorders. The fact that specialists treat around 500,000 patients on an outpatient basis every year shows the immense potential that still lies dormant in the social sector. The practice in Buchloe now plans to make optimal use of this potential.

For families in the region, this expansion of services is both a relief and a glimmer of hope. Ultimately, they are faced with the challenge of finding a suitable contact person for their children's often stressful psychological problems. The new direction of child and adolescent psychiatry in Buchloe represents a step in the right direction.