GGZ Nederland (Dutch Association of Mental Health and Addiction Care) is the sector organisation of specialist mental health ... and addiction care providers in the Netherlands. The aim of GGZ Nederland and its member organisations is to ensure the availability of high quality, accessible, affordable and sustainable mental health care. Our more than 100 member organisations deliver a wide variety of valuable services to the public, ranging from mental health promotion, prevention and primary mental health care to assisted independent living, sheltered housing, ambulatory specialist mental health care, clinical psychiatric and forensic institutional care. Specialist mental health care services Mental health care providers offer counselling, treatment and support to people with different mental health problems or psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, depression, addiction, aggression or schizophrenia. The causes and expressions of these problems vary widely, this calls for many different types of mental healthcare providers. Some mental health and addiction care providers specialise in a specific disorder, others provide a variety of services in care pathways, usually offering prevention, primary mental health care, ambulatory (specialist) care, acute hospital facilities and long-stay residential care. In 2012, around 85,000 employees of our member organisations advised, treated and supported more than 890,000 people suffering from mild, moderate and severe mental health conditions. Organisation Seated in Amersfoort, the 69 employees of GGZ Nederland represent the interests of the member organisations in an on-going and constructive dialogue with client organisations, health insurers, national and local governments, professional associations and trade unions. More information: http://www.ggznederland.nl/pagina/english http://www.ggz-connect.nl/ read more