The number of people visiting a psychiatrist has dropped by up to 25% since the government introduced a €200 fee for all patients, Trouw and the Parool report.

In Gelderland, the number of registrations for psychiatric care has dropped 12%, while in Amsterdam the Jellinek addiction clinic reports a 25% drop in new patients.
Every year, 450,000 apply for some form of psychiatric care, and if the trend continues, 50,000 fewer people will be helped, Trouw says.
‘What we feared appears to be come true, people are delaying seeking treatment,’ clinical psychology professor Jan Derksen told the paper.
The €200 fee for psychiatric help comes on top of the €220 own-risk element which everyone has to pay before health insurance kicks in.