Guide to benefit from psychological services covered by CNAS

Certain psychological services are reimbursed by the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), under the conditions laid down in Government Decision no. 400/2014 and Government Decision no. 205/2015. Starting with 2014, the national health system covers a number of psychological services, including: diagnosis, psychological counselling, individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy etc.

How it works:

• you must be insured;
• go to your GP for a psychiatric referral;
• make an appointment for a psychiatric evaluation with a PSYCHIATRIST who has a contract with CNAS;
• if the psychiatrist considers that you would benefit from psychological support, they issue a medical referral letter to a PSYCHOLOGIST;
• make an appointment at that psychologist’s practice, subject to the availability of CNAS-funded places;
• CNAS requires that the psychiatrist and the psychologist under the same contract have an interdependent relationship: the psychiatrist may refer patients free of charge only to the psychologist they work with, and the psychologist may provide free services only to patients referred by that psychiatrist.

Documents needed to access free psychological services:

• the referral letter from the general practitioner (or from another specialist with a contract with CNAS) to the psychiatry specialty, issued no more than 30 days before the date of the psychiatric consultation;
• your health card showing that you are insured under the Social Health Insurance System;
• identity card.

Alte mențiuni

• only certain psychology practices have a contract with CNAS;
• on the Map of Professionals we created, you can use the ‘Free/Discounted Services’ filter and then ‘Free services covered by the National Health Insurance House’ to find psychiatrists and psychologists with a CNAS contract; you can use the other filters to find professionals without a CNAS contract who offer pro bono or discounted services.”