Voila! With a snap of the fingers, the waiting time for children and young people disappeared. Suddenly, it seemed that the law guaranteeing the right to diagnosis within 30 days was being upheld. But the queue had only vanished on paper. In reality, citizens under 18 were waiting for months to find out whether they suffered from mental illness or perhaps had a developmental disorder. All the while, their conditions worsened.
No magic wand cut wait times—it just looked that way. The state auditor now says child and adolescent psychiatry assessment figures are accurate again.
Misleading numbers about kids on waiting lists are history
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