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Psychotherapeutic services for people with statutory accident insurance
Service Description
Robberies, as well as experiencing or witnessing serious accidents or particularly dangerous situations, can be very stressful events for those affected, often leading to psychological trauma. This can be triggered by the immediate threat to life and limb as well as the feeling of helplessness and of being completely at the mercy of others.
Like physical wounds, psychological injuries also require special help to heal. If you are suffering from a psychological injury, you should seek help as soon as possible after the traumatic experience. This will prevent the development of mental illnesses with long-term consequences and strengthen your natural self-healing powers.
After a recognized occupational accident or occupational illness, the statutory accident insurance provides for the psychotherapist procedure in this case. The procedure regulates the requirements and implementation of the services for you. Only medical and psychological psychotherapists who have specialist knowledge and are prepared to take on certain duties can be involved in this procedure.
Your therapy begins with up to 5 sessions. A decision is then made on whether to continue outpatient psychotherapy in the form of short-term or long-term therapy. In particularly serious cases, inpatient treatment may also be considered.
The therapy will be initiated by your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or by the accident insurance consultant.
Process flow
If you have suffered an accident at work or an occupational illness with mental health damage, it is important that your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund is informed of the event.
- After such an event, consult an accident insurance institution doctor.
Alternatively, you can also contact your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund directly online or by post.
Online service:
- Call up the online service.
- You will be guided through the procedure on the accident insurance service portal.
- You can log in.
- If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
- If you would like to receive the reply by post, you can continue without logging in.
- Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
- Upload the required documents.
- Complete the online form and send it off.
- Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- You will receive feedback via the desired channel
Online service of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund
- If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there if necessary.
Message by post:
- Send an informal letter to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- Make sure you provide the required information and enclose the necessary documents.
The psychotherapist procedure will then be initiated by your accident insurance institution or accident insurance fund. This initiation authorizes up to 5 sessions.
You are free to choose from the therapists approved as part of the psychotherapist procedure.
Requirements
- You must provide evidence of a recognized accident at work or an occupational illness resulting in mental health damage.
- This may be the case in particular if you have been the victim of an act of violence (robbery, assault) or have witnessed serious accident events.
Which documents are required?
You do not need to submit any documents.
What are the fees?
Fee: free of chargeThere are no costs.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no deadline.
Processing duration
Processing Time: 1 - 2 Weeks
Applications / forms
- Appeal
- Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
Appeal
Forms available: No
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance necessary: No
Further Information
Author
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Psychotherapeutic services for people with statutory accident insurance Cost coverage
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
Professionally released on
22.12.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
