Help for children & adolescents with depression

Do you feel strongly that you no longer want to live? You can't take it anymore and want to do something to yourself?

Call: 112! No matter when and where you are!

You don't have to be afraid,you can't do anything wrong!

There are professionals on the other side who will be happy to help you and who are good at it!

If you want to write with someone about your problems, then I have the correctness for you:

• In crises:Krisenchat.de (live chat around the clock!)

• For things that need more time (email advice around the clock; sometimes with live chat):
  • Youth emergency mail
  • Youth Life Line (with advice from young people)
  • NummerGegenKeummer

You don't have to give your name, so you remain anonymous!

If you would like to speak to a professional (you don't have to give your name!), then call the:

Children and Youth Helpline: 116 111 (Mon-Sat 2pm-8pm)

You can find out exactly how this works here.

Talk to teachers! At school, you can talk to a teacher you trust. Most schools have liaison teachers.

Schools also often have a social worker, and some also have school psychologists. You can also talk to them. If you don't know who this is at your school, ask in the reception or ask your classmates!

If you don't have the confidence to speak to a teacher or the school psychologist yourself, ask a friend.

They can accompany you or ask for you.

Sometimes you need real professionals to help you. It's the same with depression as when you've broken an arm.

How to find the professionals:

1. paediatrician/family doctor: They are the first professionals you contact. They know their stuff and know whether you need other professionals.

You probably have a paediatrician or a family doctor!

2. therapists: There is extra psychotherapy for children and adolescents. This therapy is treated by child and adolescent psychotherapists and child and adolescent psychiatrists.

Huh, is there no difference?

Yes, there is: child and adolescent psychotherapists are psychologists. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are doctors; they are also allowed to give medication if necessary. You don't need to worry about the difference, because: They both do psychotherapy. If you need additional medication, the professionals will take care of it.

How to find them:

1. 116 117 appointment service: Click hereLink.

• Under "Who/What" enter: Child and adolescent psychotherapy OR child and adolescent psychiatry
• For "Where" enter: your residential address
• Example: Child and adolescent psychotherapy Hamburg

2. google:

• Enter: child psychotherapist + your residential address OR child psychiatrist + your residential address.
• Example: Child psychotherapist Greifswald

3. google for "PIA": Every hospital with a paediatric psychiatry department also has a so-called psychiatric institute outpatient clinic ("PIA" for short). You can often get an appointment there after 4 to 6 weeks.

• Enter: PIA Kinder Jugendliche + your residential address
• Example: PIA Kinder Jugendliche Berlin

4th insider tip: In larger towns [Rostockis the only city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern] there are so-called university outpatient clinics or training outpatient clinics; in towns with a university there are even both. Many therapists work there and they are often between 25 and 40 years old.

How to find them:

• Training outpatient clinics at universities (unith e.V.): Link.
• Other outpatient training centres: Link.
• Google: Enter: Ausbildungsambulanz Kinder Jugendliche + your residential address.
  • Example: Ausbildungsambulanz Kinder Jugendliche Berlin.

Important rules: If you don't have the confidence to call or go by yourself, please ask your parents, a friend or someone else you trust.

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