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Garīgās veselības atbalstsDānija

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

Šī ir karte par to, kā sistēmas darbojas, nav diagnoze un nav ārstēšanas plāns. Tā nenosaukā nevienu praksi un nevienu privāto cenu, jo nevienu no tām šeit nevar uzturēt precīzu. Tā nevar jums pateikt, kas nav kārtībā vai kāda ārstēšana jums vajadzīga — tas ir klīnicista darbs, un tas sākas ar vizīti. Nekad nepārtrauciet un nemainiet izrakstītas zāles tīmekļa lapas dēļ. Ja kāda dzīvība ir apdraudēta tieši tagad, zvaniet ārkārtas numuram: 112 visur ES un EEZ.

Kur jūs varat doties

Visas finansētās un nefinansētās durvisDāņusistēmā, norādot, cik tas maksā un vai priekšā stāv nosūtījums. Vispirms izlasiet nosūtījumu kolonnu no augšas uz leju: tas ir īsākais ceļš līdz durvīm, kas jums šodien ir atvērtas.

Ceļi uz garīgās veselības aprūpiDānija
DurvisUzturCik tas maksāVai nepieciešams nosūtījums?
Egen læge (your own GP)Jūsu reģistrētā prakseFree in group 1Nav
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 psychologistPrivātprakseMaksājat jūsNav
Outpatient psychiatryReģionālie psihiatriskie pakalpojumiBezmaksasReferral
Psychiatric emergencyRegional psychiatric emergency servicesBezmaksasNone in an emergency
Out-of-hours medical serviceRegional, arrangements differ between regionsBezmaksasNav
School psychologist (PPR)Municipal pedagogical psychological serviceBezmaksasThrough the school
Municipal social and family servicesYour municipalityBezmaksas, kur tiek piedāvātsNav

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.

Krīzes tālruņiDānija

Ārkārtas un krīzes līnijas
PakalpojumsNumursKadKam tas paredzēts
Neatliekamās palīdzības dienesti112VienmērTūlītējs dzīvības apdraudējums
Livslinien70 201 201Published hours, phone and chatAnyone with thoughts of suicide, and those close to them
Børnetelefonen116 111Publicētie darba laikiBērni un jaunieši

Numuri un darba laiki mainās. Pārbaudiet tos operatora paša lapā, pirms tie jums ir vajadzīgi, un skatiet krīzes lapa par to, ko darīt, kamēr gaidāt, lai kāds atbild, un kā palīdzēt citam cilvēkam.

Praktizējoša speciālista pārbaudeDānija

Tituls šeit ir statusā:Authorised psychologist, granted by the Psychology Board. Ko tas nozīmē praksē un ko pavaicāt, uz ko neviens reģistrs nevar atbildēt, ir lasāms licences lapa.

Publiskie reģistri, kuros var pārbaudīt garīgās veselības speciālistu
ReģistrētiesGlabāKo tas pierāda
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

Avoti:Sundhed.dk — Danish health portal · Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed (Patient Safety Authority) · Styrelsen for Patientklager (Patient Complaints Authority) · Dansk Psykolog Forening · Livslinien · Psykiatrifonden· Noteikumi, tiesības un palīdzības līniju numuri mainās: pirms paļaujaties uz kādu no tiem, pārbaudiet pakalpojuma sniedzēja paša lapu. Pārbaudīts2026-09-08.

Bieži uzdotie jautājumi

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.

Tie paši jautājumi citās valstīs

Igaunija

Ģimenes ārsts ir centrs, psihiatram nosūtījums nav vajadzīgs, garīgās veselības māsa ir ātrākās bezmaksas durvis, bet psihologs pārsvarā ir privāts.

Ieraksts:Ģimenes ārsts (perearst) vai uzreiz pie psihiatra

Somija

Četras paralēlas ieejas — veselības centrs, arodveselība, studentu veselība, privātprakse — un viena valsts programma, kas daļēji apmaksā ilgstošu psihoterapiju.

Ieraksts:Veselības centrs, arodveselība vai studentu veselības dienests

Latvija

Ģimenes ārstu sistēma ar tiešu piekļuvi psihiatram, pacienta līdzmaksājums ar plašiem atbrīvojumiem un psihologu reģistrs, kas izveidots ar savu atsevišķu likumu.

Ieraksts:Ģimenes ārsts (ģimenes ārsts) vai uzreiz pie psihiatra

Lietuva

Pašvaldību garīgās veselības centri, kas piesaistīti primārajai aprūpei: psihiatrs, psihologs, medmāsa un sociālais darbinieks vienā bezmaksas komandā, bez nosūtījuma.

Ieraksts:Jūsu reģistrācijas vietas psihiskās veselības centrs

Zviedrija

Licencēta psihoterapeita profesija, likumā noteikta aprūpes garantija ar konkrētiem termiņiem un maksājumu griestu summa, kas padara smagu gadu izturamu.

Ieraksts:Vårdcentral (primārās veselības aprūpes centrs) vai 1177

Norvēģija

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.

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

Ceļveži, kas noder visur

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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