[Psychotherapy prescribed by accident insurance consultants : Important component in treatment procedures of the statutory accident insurance].

Background: In Germany around 1 Million working and commuting accidents per year are officially registered. Since several years this number is constantly at this high level, only just since the appearance of the actual Covid pandemia significantly lower because of lockdowns and increase of homeoffice workplaces.

Objective: To ensure the professional care of psychotraumatic sequelae of work-related injuries, in 2012 new regulations were introduced by the DGUV, the national umbrella organization of the German statutory health insurances.

[Neurological and psychiatric expert assessment of post-COVID syndrome].

Infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can lead to a multiorgan disease and subsequently to very different clinical manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In addition to acute symptoms, the long-term complaints in the context of the infection, known as long or post-COVID syndrome, are increasingly attracting attention. With respect to social insurance systems, expert opinions of such problems will become more and more important, whereby neurological and psychiatric symptoms are the most frequent complaints.

[Telephone-Based Psychological Counselling of Accident Victims: Initial Evaluation of a Pilot Project of the German Statutory Accident Insurance in the Healthcare and Welfare Services].

A telephone-based psychological counselling service was implemented and evaluated in four regional offices of the German statutory accident insurance in healthcare and welfare services (BGW). Insurance employees/caseworkers, psychotherapists, and insured persons were asked to rate the counselling service in terms of their experiences and satisfaction. 15.

[Violence and discrimination in the workplace. The effects on health and setting-related approaches to prevention and rehabilitation].

Violence in the workplace is a widespread problem that manifests itself in very different forms. The consequences for victims and companies are equally diverse. Sexual harassment is a special form of violence at the workplace.