'No psychological support by lack of money '

utrecht - More and more child psychologists no new patients take because there is no more money to treat them. At the same time the bureaucracy, which to wait for psychologists rise considerably, Dutch Institute warns of Psychologists (NIP) Monday.

Children who need help come in half of the psychologists on a waiting list. In 62 percent of psychologists with such a list, the waiting unreasonably long. 'In my practice has been a marked increase in children and youth, because a number of institutions in the area already has a few months out of budget,' said one of the psychologists who participated in the study.

For adults with mental health problems walking waiting times.

The NIP project involved 271 independent psychologists with working with children and / or adults.