“Better management of psychiatric problems would reduce the economic and social costs they cause” | EUROtoday

Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, physician, economist and supervisor of the AP-HP well being scientific well being economic system analysis unit, and who teaches at Paris-Est University, explores the completely different tracks to enhance the administration of psychological pathologies.

Is psychological well being a lifeless angle of our care system?

We cannot say that. Great consideration is paid to psychological well being, as evidenced by the mobilization which preceded the yr 2025, for which it was erected in nice nationwide trigger. We should pay tribute to Marion Leboyer [psychiatre à l’hôpital Albert-Chenevier de Créteil] who has dismented to organize this yr. The stigma of sufferers fell. The ministries, giant corporations have dedicated. Progress has taken place.

Today, medical health insurance spends 26.2 billion euros for psychological sicknesses and psychiatric issues, or 14 % of the entire. This is the primary expense publish, in entrance of most cancers and heart problems. In whole, 8.5 million individuals are affected, two thirds of which have acquired prescriptions for psychotropic medication, comparable to anxiolytics or antidepressants.

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