The simple shift of treatments from psychotherapy to clinical psychological treatment does not result in any potential savings. However, necessary additional expenditures of the health insurance funds for the area of mental health do not only bring more mental health and quality of life to those affected, but also have great macroeconomic advantages in terms of potential savings. As in many cases, however, it is necessary to look at the bigger picture - for the health insurance funds themselves, it ist mainly additional expenditures that result, while the enormous savings are made in other areas. |