Since the launch of “My psychological support”, other “more effective” systems have lost funding, psychologists warn

The “My psychological support” system provides access to consultations with psychologists for an additional fee, but “only 10%” of beneficiaries are in a critical situation, according to the federation of psychologists in the Convergence struggle.

Give with one hand and take with the other? The financing of the “My psychological support” system, which from 2022 allows psychologist consultations to be reimbursed by Health Insurance, has led health authorities locally to divest from the previous system. “relevant and effective”condemned the struggles of the Convergence psychologist group in an open letter published Monday, November 10.

“My psychological support” allows patients suffering from anxiety or depressive disorders “light” to have access to 12 sessions with a licensed liberal psychologist, costing 50 euros and covered by Health Insurance and complementary health insurance. But the device “not suitable” And “missed the target”according to the Convergence of psychologists in the struggle, which ensures to bring together “a quarter of the profession”. “On average only 4.8 consultations (out of 12) are ‘consumed’”75% of patients leave the system before the eighth session, and “only 10%” is in a critical situation, argued the federation, saying it relies on Health Insurance data.

Other local devices “which has worked very well for decades” saw their activities disrupted because the Regional Health Agency (ARS) “stop all funding, under the pretext that my psychological support has been implemented”tell the author, who denounces “dramatic breakdown in care”. The group also noted a certain mutuality “disconnect from support” which they offer until now among liberal psychologists.

For these psychologists, the budget devoted to the system (170 million euros in 2024) “will create between 2,500 and 4,000 positions” in the public sector. According to Health Insurance in September, 6,700 psychologists were approved to participate in the system, and more than 845,000 patients had benefited from consultations, with a total of 4.7 million sessions performed.