Werdenfelser Weg aims to avoid measures involving deprivation of liberty such as restraining patients as much as possible. Dr.
Sebastian Kirsch and Josef Wassermann received the Federal Cross of Merit on February 20th for founding the project. The number of measures involving depriving people of liberty in Germany has fallen from around 100,000 to 50,000 per year. Kirsch: “Deprivation of liberty requires a relatively high level of documentation and monitoring”