cond half-time post was occupied by a psychologist (who is not licensed) who was said to be employed only in out-patient follow-up care, other than when she deputised. Accordingly, there was no psychologist with clinical training in Parsberg II district hospital continually providing psychotherapy to the patients. Test diagnostic tasks do not require any additional clinical training; out-patient follow-up care is carried out by social educationalists in many comparable facilities. The three psychologist/educationalist posts also apparent from the personnel documents were occupied by two educationalists and one theologian. It was not possible to clarify in the talk with the medical director to what degree the medical staff members have psychotherapeutic training. It should however be particularly stressed that the long-term care service staff in the sociotherapeutic area had a high level of commitment. However, this group of individuals should receive specialist guidance. treatment concept, it was true that psychologists did not play a suitable role in the psychotherapeutic work in the wings. The clinic employed two part-time psychologists who the medical director exclusively deployed to carry out test diagnoses and in the out-patient department. Doctors, a theologian who had been trained in behavioural therapy, educationalists and social educationalists were responsible for carrying out addiction therapy and psychotherapy work in the wings. One of the two psychologists had been deployed in the medium term with 30 hours per week in in-patient therapy. It had already been possible to calm down the situation in the wing, which according to the State Ministry was tense and in some cases threatening, and to offer therapy in proper conditions. The therapy team had been expanded since mid-June to include an experienced qualified psychologist from child and youth psychiatry in Regensburg, who supervised the other therapists under youth psychiatric points of view and was establishing the newly-formed diagnostics in the professional group of the psychologists. Moreover, another qualified psychologist had been recruited from 1 October 2012 onwards. Furthermore, the post of an assistant medical officer had been advertised for the Parsberg clinics in order to expand the therapeutic team, and hence to also improve the management and operating structures. Because of the expansion of the psychotherapy services for psychologists/psychotherapists, 5.5 posts would be needed in future instead of the previous 4.0. The recruitment procedure for one or more additional psychologists was underway. It would be necessary to decide on other staffing measures after the therapy concept had been decided on. Attempts would be made to realise the new structure of the wings and the wing programmes by 2 November 2012. The therapeutic services offered were inadequate, particularly in the reception phase. According to the clinic management, the patients spend an average of 13 83