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Berlin, 6 jun (EFE).-working by psychological disorders casualties virtually doubled in Germany with respect to the year 2000 as a result of the stress at work, according to warned today in Berlin the House Federal de Psicoterapia, BPtK.

thus, 12.5% of labour casualties have their cause in psychological ailments, said the President of the BPtK, Rainer Richter, who added that”the trend continues”.

Moreover, the casualties by symptoms of”burnout”, or stress because of the job, as exhaustion or lack of energy, have increased spectacular, because since 2004 have increased nearly 1,400 per cent, although it should be pointed out that it started from a very low level, said.

If in 2004 for each one hundred insured were 0.6 days off, they recorded in 2011 this figure rises to nine working days, according to a report of the BPtK.

“Compared by psychic causes casualties, nine days are not much,”said Richter, who pointed out that the faults to work for depression amounted to 73 days.

according to Richter, the growing pressure to meet with success at the professional and private levels has launched a”spiral of excessive demand”which can lead to depression.

casualties by psychic discomfort can lead to casualties especially long, an average of 30 days a year – the faults by depression even in 39 days – with a total of up to 26 billion euros economic cost, added.

on the other hand, Richter rejected the accusation of public medical insurance, according to which the number of employees causing low for psychic reasons has risen, because it has also increased the number of psychotherapists, currently about 22,000 attached to social security.

in deze zin is opgemerkt dat psychotherapeuten bent niet geautoriseerd om een lage, maar alleen artsen voorschrijven.EFE