Psychosomatic offer

Province supports suffering children’s souls with immediate effect

Finja (10) is also undergoing inpatient therapy. During her visit, she also presented her "little poodle" to Governor Hans Peter Doskozil.

(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

The province of Burgenland is setting a milestone in pediatric and adolescent medicine. From now on, it is guaranteed that young people with psychosocial problems will receive the holistic help they so urgently need at the Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy in Eisenstadt.

A quarter of all children and adolescents in this country develop a mental disorder requiring treatment at least once during their adolescence. And the trend is rising sharply! The reason for the increasing psychosocial stress is the after-effects of the pandemic as well as global crises such as wars and climate change, which are associated with socio-economic insecurity and which are also felt by Burgenland children in their families. All of these problems frequently lead to symptoms that often cannot be classified as psychiatric illnesses, but require adequate treatment to prevent them from becoming chronic.