The Austria-wide mental health project “Healthy from the crisis” offers immediate psychological support in response to the tragic killing spree in Graz: The approximately 100 practitioners: Inside in Graz and the surrounding area, capacities provide capacity for acute crisis appointments. Children and adolescents can take advantage of advice/treatment by June 30th. In addition to individual settings, up to three accompanying parents are also possible. In addition, group offers can be implemented directly at schools to strengthen and absorb children and adolescents.
“If you help immediately, you can help twice. Now every hour counts. Our practitioners: Inside in the area of Graz are fully involved and are available with the highest professionalism“Say Prof.in Dr.in Beate Wimmer-Puchinger, President of the professional association of Austrian psychologists (Böp) and overall management” Healthy from the crisis “and Mag.a Barbara Haid, MSC, President of Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP), cooperation partner” Healthy from the crisis “. The offers are aimed at children, adolescents and young adults up to 21 years. Registration can be easily possible at any time under: Registration. Gesundausderkris.at.
This bridging support can be used by June 30, 2025. The aim is to help affected young people and their families quickly and to create psychological stability.
In the event of a crisis, it shows once again how important functioning structures are. “Healthy from the crisis” was launched in 2022 and has already accompanied over 43,000 children and adolescents in crises.
The project is financed by the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Nursing and Consumer Protection (BMASGPK) and handled by the professional association of Austrian psychologists (BöP), in close cooperation with the Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP). The Austrian professional association for music therapy (ÖBM) has been further implementation partner since spring 2024. The project will be funded from April 2022 to June 2025 with a total of 54.7 million euros. Throughout Austria, over 1,600 practitioners advise: inside in 25 languages. The University of Innsbruck has made a scientific evaluation of “healthy from the crisis”: It impressively shows the great success of the project: 95 percent of the client: 55 percent good to very good progress made inside.
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