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Mental health care in Berlin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Schouler-Ocak ,
A. Heinz  and
T. Kienast
M. Schouler-Ocak*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité University Medical Centre, CCM, St. Hedwig's Hospital, Groβe Hamburgerstrasse S-11, 10115Berlin, Germany
A. Heinz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité University Medical Centre, CCM, St. Hedwig's Hospital, Groβe Hamburgerstrasse S-11, 10115Berlin, Germany
T. Kienast
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charité University Medical Centre, CCM, St. Hedwig's Hospital, Groβe Hamburgerstrasse S-11, 10115Berlin, Germany
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: meryam.schouler-ocak@charite.de
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Abstract

Aim

To provide information on the mental health care system in Berlin, Germany.

Method

Using available data we report on the spectrum of mental health care services provided in Berlin, the number of professionalsworking in these sectors, funding arrangements, pathways into care, and user/carer involvement.

Results

The health care system in Berlin consists of a network of inpatient, outpatient, ancillary, and rehabilitative facilities, all of which are meant to work in a synergistic fashion. However, although the individual treatment options are generally well-planned, there is still a lack of co-ordination between them. Currently, the entire network is threatened by cuts in state funding for ancillary and rehabilitative services, by further reductions in the number of hospital beds, and by insurance company cuts in prescription drug budgets, such as those used for atypical antipsychotics in outpatient care.

Discussion

Despite many similarities with the situation in other European capitals, the system of mental health care in Berlin suffersfrom a variety of problems related to co-ordination and costs that are unique to the German capital.

Keywords

Mental health careBerlinService provisionPathwaysFunding
Type
Research Article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 20 , Issue S2 , October 2005 , pp. s270 - s273
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2005

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