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Vaimse tervise tugi sisseDenmark

A referral scheme that subsidises a defined number of psychologist sessions for a defined list of reasons, and an authorisation held by a board of its own.

Egen læge (your own GP)first door
Needed for the subsidised psychologist scheme and for psychiatrypsychiatrist referral
112emergency
The regions, through the public health insurance schemewho pays

See on süsteemide toimimise kaart, mitte diagnoos ega raviplaan. See ei nimeta praktikat ega erahinda, sest kumbagi ei saa siin täpselt pidada. See ei saa teile öelda, mis on valesti või millist ravi vajate – see on arsti töö ja see algab kohtumisega. Ärge kunagi lõpetage ega muutke retseptiravimit veebilehe põhjal. Kui kellegi elu on praegu ohus, helistage hädaabinumbril 112 kõikjal EL-is ja EMP-s.

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Iga rahastatud ja rahastamata uksDanishsüsteemiga, mis see maksab ja kas saatekiri seisab ees. Lugege esmalt üle soovituste veerg: see on lühim tee uste juurde, mis teile täna avatud on.

Vaimse tervise hoolduse teedDenmark
UksJookse möödaMis see maksabVajalik suunamine?
Egen læge (your own GP)Teie registreeritud praktikaFree in group 1Mitte ühtegi
Subsidised psychologist on referralAuthorised psychologists with a public agreementPublic subsidy, you pay the rest; free for young adults in the defined bandReferral from the GP, for one of the listed reasons
Fully private psychologistErapraksisTeie poolt makstudMitte ühtegi
Outpatient psychiatryPiirkondlikud psühhiaatriateenusedTasutaReferral
Psychiatric emergencyRegional psychiatric emergency servicesTasutaNone in an emergency
Out-of-hours medical serviceRegional, arrangements differ between regionsTasutaMitte ühtegi
School psychologist (PPR)Municipal pedagogical psychological serviceTasutaThrough the school
Municipal social and family servicesYour municipalityTasuta, kus pakutakseMitte ühtegi

A scheme built out of reasons

Denmark’s subsidised psychologist arrangement is unlike anything else in the region because entry is defined by a list of referral reasons rather than by a diagnosis alone. The list mixes life events with clinical states: bereavement, serious accidents, robbery and violence, serious illness in the family, and, in their own right, light to moderate anxiety and light to moderate depression. Your GP decides whether your situation matches one of the listed reasons and writes the referral against it. That structure has two consequences worth planning around: the event-based reasons carry a time window after the event within which the referral must be written, and the number of subsidised sessions is set by the national agreement rather than by the psychologist.

Group 1 and group 2

Every resident chooses a health-insurance group, and the choice changes how you use care. In group 1 you are attached to a named GP, that GP is free, and specialists are reached by referral. In group 2 you may go directly to specialists without a referral but pay part of the cost yourself. Most people are in group 1, most people have never consciously made the choice, and it is worth knowing which one you are in before assuming that you either can or cannot approach a specialist directly.

The right to be assessed

Danish hospital patients have a right to assessment within a defined period after referral, and where the hospital cannot meet it the patient is entitled to be offered an alternative. Applied to psychiatry, that right is the lever most people do not know they are holding: the question to ask when a referral disappears into a queue is not "when will I be seen" but "what is being offered under the assessment right". The regions publish waiting times, and the national health portal is where the current rules and the current numbers live.

Authorisation sits in an unusual place

In most of this region every regulated health profession is registered by the same authority. Denmark splits it: doctors and other health professionals are authorised by the Patient Safety Authority, while psychologists are authorised by a board of their own. That is why the phrase "autoriseret psykolog" carries specific weight in Danish — it names a particular authorisation granted through a supervised post-qualification period, and it is not the same as holding a psychology degree. When you check a Danish psychologist, you are checking that board’s authorisation, not the health authority’s register.

Young adults and the free band

Denmark has made the subsidy free rather than partial for young adults referred with light to moderate anxiety or depression. Exactly which years the band covers has been changed by successive agreements, so it is a thing to check rather than to assume from a page — but the shape is stable and it is the most generous mental-health entitlement in the country. If you are in your late teens or early twenties, the first question to put to the GP is not whether therapy is possible but whether you fall inside that band.

Children go through the municipality

For school-age children the psychological service sits with the municipality rather than with health care: the pedagogical psychological service assesses and advises through the school, and municipal family services handle the social side. Child and adolescent psychiatry is regional and entered by referral. That division — municipality for the school-linked work, region for the clinical work — is the thing to hold on to when it is unclear who to ask, and it is set out further on the children and teenagers page.

Kriisinumbrid sisseDenmark

Hädaabi- ja kriisiliinid
TeenindusNumberMillalKellele see on mõeldud
Hädaabiteenused112AlatiVahetu oht elule
Livslinien70 201 201Published hours, phone and chatAnyone with thoughts of suicide, and those close to them
Børnetelefonen116 111Avaldatud tunnidLapsed ja noored

Numbrid ja lahtiolekuajad muutuvad. Kontrollige neid operaatori enda lehel enne, kui neid vajate, ja vaadake kriisileht selle kohta, mida teha, kuni ootate kellegi vastust, ja kuidas teist inimest aidata.

Praktiseerija sisseregistreerimineDenmark

Pealkirja olek on siin:Authorised psychologist, granted by the Psychology Board. Mida see praktikas tähendab ja mida küsida, millele ükski register vastata ei saa, on aadressil litsentsileht.

Avalikud registrid, mis kontrollivad vaimse tervise spetsialisti
RegistreeruHoinudMida see tõestab
Authorisation registerStyrelsen for Patientsikkerhed (Patient Safety Authority)That a doctor or health professional is authorised, and whether the authorisation is restricted
Psychologist authorisationPsykolognævnet (Psychology Board)That a psychologist is authorised, which is what "autoriseret psykolog" means
Health service portalSundhed.dkYour own records, your GP, and how the schemes work
Complaints authorityStyrelsen for Patientklager (Patient Complaints Authority)Where a formal complaint about treatment goes

Allikad:Sundhed.dk — Danish health portal · Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed (Patient Safety Authority) · Styrelsen for Patientklager (Patient Complaints Authority) · Dansk Psykolog Forening · Livslinien · Psykiatrifonden· Reeglid, õigused ja abitelefoninumbrid muutuvad: kontrollige operaatori enda lehte, enne kui sellele lootma hakkate. Kontrollitud2026-09-08.

Korduma kippuvad küsimused

How do I get a subsidised psychologist in Denmark?

Through a referral from your own GP against one of the scheme’s listed referral reasons, which include bereavement, accidents, violence, serious illness in the family, and light to moderate anxiety or depression. The public subsidy covers part of each session and the national agreement sets how many sessions the referral buys.

Is psychologist treatment free for young people in Denmark?

For young adults referred with light to moderate anxiety or depression the patient’s share has been removed, so the sessions are free. The exact age band has been changed by successive agreements, so ask the GP which band currently applies rather than relying on a figure found online.

What does "autoriseret psykolog" mean?

It means the psychologist holds authorisation from the Danish Psychology Board, granted after a supervised post-qualification period. It is a specific credential, granted by a different body from the one that authorises doctors, and it is not the same as simply holding a degree in psychology.

What is the difference between group 1 and group 2?

In group 1 you have a named GP who is free to visit and you reach specialists by referral. In group 2 you may approach specialists directly but pay part of the cost yourself. Most people are in group 1 without ever having chosen it consciously.

Sama küsimused teistes riikides

Eesti

Perearst on keskus, psühhiaater saatekirja ei vaja, vaimse tervise õde on kiireim vaba uks ja psühholoog on enamasti era.

Sissepääs:Perearst (perearst), või otse psühhiaatri juurde

Soome

Neli paralleelset välisust — tervisekeskus, töötervishoid, üliõpilaste tervishoid, era- ja üks riiklik skeem, mis maksab osa pikast psühhoteraapiast.

Sissepääs:Tervisekeskus, töötervishoid või õpilaste tervishoid

Läti

Vahetu psühhiaatri vastuvõtuga perearstisüsteem, ulatuslike eranditega patsiendi omaosalus ja oma põhikirjaga loodud psühholoogide register.

Sissepääs:Perearst (ģimenes arst), või otse psühhiaatri juurde

Leedu

Omavalitsuse vaimse tervise keskused esmatasandi arstiabiga: psühhiaater, psühholoog, õde ja sotsiaaltöötaja ühes vabas meeskonnas, ilma saatekirjata.

Sissepääs:Selle piirkonna vaimse tervise keskus, kuhu olete registreeritud

Rootsi

Litsentsiga psühhoterapeudi elukutse, õigusabi garantii nimeliste tähtaegadega ja tasu lagi, mis teeb raske aasta üle elatavaks.

Sissepääs:Vårdcentral (esmatasandi arstiabi keskus) või 1177

Norway

A named GP as the gate, a free low-threshold municipal service you can refer yourself to, and a decisive split between psychologists with a public agreement and without.

Sissepääs:Fastlege (your assigned GP), or the municipal low-threshold service

Juhendid, mis kehtivad kõikjal

Free and low-cost routes

Every route in this region that costs nothing or very little — with the eligibility rule that goes with each, because most of them have one.

Waiting lists, guarantees and what to do meanwhile

The published access rules in each country, how to read a queue, and a realistic plan for the months in between.

What it costs, and who pays

The four ways an hour of therapy gets paid for in this region, why a published price tells you almost nothing, and the questions that settle it.

How referrals actually work

What a referral is, which countries require one for mental-health care, what makes a good one, and what to do when it does not happen.

What happens in a first session

The hour, minute by minute: what they ask, what they write down, what you can ask back, and what to prepare beforehand.

Crisis: what to do right now

The numbers for each country, what happens when you call, how to help someone else, and how to make a plan while you are well.

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