Social Security’s reimbursement of eight sessions with a psychologist for all Frenchmen, announced in September by Emmanuel Macron, goes into effect on April 5.

At “Doctor’s Orientation”, patients over the age of 3 can consult a psychologist listed on the “MonPsy” website, and take advantage of an assessment interview and seven follow-up sessions per year, which will be reimbursed by health insurance. She goes.

After the session, the patient must send a care sheet to their Supplemental Health Insurance: 60% of the cost is covered by Sécu, and 40% is covered by Supplemental Health Insurance.

According to the forum, the “Monpsy” device is aimed at French people suffering from depressive and anxiety disorders of “mild to moderate” intensity.

But in the event of “suicidal risk” or the presence of “more serious” disorders, the ministry specifies that the patient will be “directed towards more specialized care”.

There are more than 1,300 physician candidates to register on the monpsy.sante.gouv.fr platform on the eve of the launch, Health Minister Olivier Veran’s crew told the press.

Reform in the profession is not unanimous. A column published in the daily Le Monde on 29 March called for a boycott of the “Monpsy” device, calling it “window dressing”.

More than 2,000 signatories, according to the group of psychologists, consider, among other things, that the device excludes the most serious disorders and consider the prices insufficient (40 euros first session, 30 euros following).

The Ministry of Health indicates that the cost calculation took into account the average duration of a session, which was estimated to be “about 40 minutes”.

In September, Emmanuel Macron called for more resources in the area. “The pandemic has revealed the importance of the topic of mental health,” said the head of state at the time of the device’s announcement.

The ministry has provided an envelope of 50 million euros to finance the system during the year 2022, corresponding to the care of 200,000 patients.