THEThe psychologist bonus jumps into the 2022 maneuver. The furniture, scooter and mosquito nets bonus instead approved. They have been allocated 20 million for psychological support in the school for students, female students and staff. But all other categories have been cut out. The psychologist, in full pandemic, with uncontrollable anxiety for months now, it doesn’t seem to be a priority.
Psyche and pandemic
Yet the data speak for themselves: the need for taking care of one’s psyche and emotions grew in the wake of the pandemic. According to a study conducted by psychiatrists, public health experts and biostatisticians of theHigher Institute of Health, of the Universities of Genoa and Pavia, of the Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research, in fact, over 40% of Italians reported worsening of anxious and depressive symptoms during the lockdown last year. With a reduction in the quality of life in more than 60% of subjects and repercussions on the sleep-wake rhythm in more than 30%. Women are most affected.
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Multiply the requests
“In the last period, requests for help and support have, rightly, quadrupled. Not everyone, however, can afford a psychologist. We of the group Dimmy.it, in our own small way, we have made available many hours of our time for free: we manage and feed the Facebook group Dimmy, as well as the orientation chat of Dimmy.it and the Hello Dimmy, a free telephone consultancy service open to all. Furthermore, each of the Dimmy staff experts took charge of one person pro bono who cannot pay for psychological support. We cannot do more at this moment, but together, perhaps, we can make a difference ”, explains La
, the portal of psychology.
The Suspended Seat is born
Who does not know the suspended coffee, the wonderful Neapolitan habit of leaving a paid coffee at the bar for those who cannot afford it? With Dimmy it is possible to offer one suspended sitting to those who do not have the possibility to pay it but need it. Upon reaching the 10 sessions offered, one of the staff psychotherapists takes charge of a person to start a path with her. On the Dimmy.it portal you can buy the seats of psychological support at the controlled price of 45 euros. You can offer one or a pack of 5 or 10.
Psychologist bonus: local initiatives
Psychologist’s bonus two and a half million in the Lazio region. To announce it via social is the president Nicola Zingaretti, who said: «We want to answer one very critical situation and to the many solicitations of the scientific world, to requests for help and mobilizations and petitions on the psychological bonus which involved thousands of people and who report a real problem to be addressed ». Psychological support also in Milan, where the Town Hall 9, in collaboration with theOPL Lombardy Order of Psychologists, launches the bonus for young people from 10 to 25 years. Families will be able to participate in a tender and receive a card that will allow them to take advantage of 3 or 4 free services. TherapyChat is the app that offers the ability to talk to a psychologist on video call, without having to travel and at a more competitive price than a face-to-face service. There first session of 50 minutes is free and without obligation.
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