Green light to the psychologist bonus. The contribution, foreseen in the milleproroghe decree, will be equal to a maximum of 600 euros per person, an amount that will be parameterized progressively in relation to the value of the applicant’s ISEE.
This is a necessary measure to meet the mental discomforts and disorders that these two years of pandemic (and the consequent economic crisis) have caused to an ever-increasing number of people.
Considering that a minimum fee for a psychotherapy session at a private specialist is around 50 euros, explains the technical report that accompanies the measure, with 600 euros it will therefore be possible to follow 12.
It will be possible to access the support with an ISEE of less than 50 thousand euros and it is assumed that the contribution, based on income brackets, could affect an audience of about 16 thousand people.
The 10 million allocated are in addition to a similar funding provided for by the Budget law for mental health services.
The bonus will consist of financial aid a whoever suffer from a unease mental health, which may or may not be caused by pandemicfrom long periods of lockdown or from stressful situations due to dad e smart working. There are, therefore, no age distinctions.
It should be remembered that you will not be able to address anyone, but to one of the more than 100,000 private specialists regularly enrolled in the register of psychotherapists.
It should be a voucherprovided by general practitioneravailable to those suffering from psychological distress linked or not to the pandemic.
The psychologist bonus will reach 600 euros per year and could concern about 18 thousand people: it will be parameterized on the basis of the ISEE, with the maximum ceiling set at 50 thousand euros, aiming to favor the lowest incomes.
ATTENTION! We must wait until the conversion law of the Milleproroghe decree is approved by the Chamber and Senate. The methods of request, assignment and disbursement will be established with a subsequent decree of the Ministry of Health in concert with the MEF, I enter 30 days from the entry into force of the law