Covid-19: children will benefit from a “psy package” of 10 prepaid sessions!

“Today we have a health problem which affects our children and adolescents, which adds to the epidemic”, declared the Head of State, during a meeting with caregivers in the child psychiatry department of the CHU. of Reims (Marne). To help children and adolescents in psychological distress, Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that they could benefit from a "psychiatric package". The latter will allow 100% reimbursement of 10 psychologist sessions in town for children and adolescents from 3 to 17 years old, throughout the crisis.

 Child psychiatry services, which have been understaffed for a long time, are overwhelmed. “We are seeing something rise that we had not experienced during the first confinement, anxiety and anxieties among the youngest which were reflected in the figures”, underlined Emmanuel Macron, citing a 40% increase in emergencies. pediatrics. According to the head of the child psychiatry department of the CHU of Reims, Anne-Catherine Rolland, the requests for consultations have doubled since September for "depressions, eating disorders, school refusals", insisting on the glaring lack of staff for answer to.