LWL-Klinik Marsberg Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie

What LWL-Klinik Marsberg Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie does

LWL-Klinik Marsberg Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie is a public psychiatric hospital headquartered in Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry (Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, KJP). The clinic is operated by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), a public law corporation with statutory responsibility for psychiatric and social care services in the Westphalia-Lippe region. It serves children, adolescents, and their families through inpatient, day-clinic, and outpatient psychiatric care, including diagnostic and therapeutic services for conditions such as depression and ADHD.

The clinic operates across multiple sites in the region — Marsberg (headquarters), Paderborn, Meschede, and Höxter — providing regional coverage of child and adolescent psychiatric services. Its clinical technology includes the iCAN chatbot application, launched in 2023, which supports depression aftercare through a conversational AI interface. The clinic also engages in research activities, including partnerships with universities on topics such as ADHD diagnostics and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), positioning it as a research-active clinical institution. Clinical leadership comprises Anke Blank (Medical Director), PD Dr. Robert Waltereit (Chief Physician KJP), and Hans-Peter Tappe (Commercial Director).

The clinic's business model is structured around the German statutory health insurance (GKV) reimbursement system and public budgets allocated through LWL, rather than commercial revenue generation. Patient access is through the public healthcare system, with the clinic functioning as a regional public utility in psychiatric care. The 23-employee figure disclosed appears to be a partial or administrative snapshot rather than total clinical headcount. Given its public mandate, statutory remit, and integration into the LWL administrative structure, the clinic is not structured for commercial expansion or capital-market activity, but rather for sustained delivery of mandated psychiatric services in the region.

Name

LWL-Klinik Marsberg Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie

Legal name

Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL)

Website

https://lwl-jugendpsychiatrie-marsberg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1886

Operating status

Operating

Short description

LWL-Klinik Marsberg is a public child and adolescent psychiatric hospital operated by the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It provides inpatient, day-clinic, and outpatient psychiatric care across multiple regional sites, supported by GKV reimbursement and academic research partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI), Psychiatry & Medication Management Platforms (HLALAEAB), Psychiatry & Medication Management (EDALAFAC)

Keywords

• Child adolescent psychiatry
• Psychiatric inpatient care
• Psychotherapy services
• Psychosomatic medicine
• Mental health treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Marsberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Statutory Health Insurance Revenue: As a public psychiatric hospital in Germany, the clinic operates under the statutory health insurance system (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung). Treatment costs for children and adolescents are covered by public health insurance funds, with the clinic receiving reimbursement for medical services rendered under the German Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) system and psychiatric/psychosomatic care rates.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LWL-Klinik Marsberg Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie is a public child and adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychosomatic clinic that provides a multi-level continuum of psychiatric care including inpatient treatment, day clinic (partial hospitalization), and outpatient services across four regional locations. The clinic also operates associated hospital schools (LWL-Schulen), youth forensic psychiatry services, and an innovative chatbot-assisted aftercare program (iCAN) for adolescents and young adults with depression.

Product overview

LWL-Klinik Marsberg Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie is a regional child and adolescent psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychosomatic clinic providing comprehensive psychiatric care. The facility operates a multi-level treatment system consisting of inpatient treatment (Stationäre Behandlung) at Marsberg and Paderborn locations, partial inpatient/day clinic treatment (Teilstationäre Behandlung / LWL-Tageskliniken) at four locations (Marsberg, Paderborn, Meschede, Höxter), and outpatient treatment (Ambulante Behandlung) through multiple LWL-Ambulanzen. The clinic offers specialized therapeutic approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), parent training (Triple P), occupational therapy, art therapy, music therapy, equestrian therapy, sports therapy, dance therapy, and youth forensics. Educational services are provided through LWL-Schulen at Bomberg and Paderborn locations. The clinic also operates innovative digital health offerings including the iCAN chatbot app for chatbot-assisted aftercare for young people with depression, and conducts clinical research in cognitive developmental neurobiology with studies on ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and attention diagnostics. A distinctive therapeutic program is the street art/graffiti workshop (Straßenkunst auf Station) for adolescent forensic patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LWL-Tageskliniken (Paderborn, Höxter, Meschede): Day clinics located in Paderborn, Höxter, and Meschede offering partial inpatient treatment for children and adolescents.
• LWL-Ambulanzen
• LWL-Institutsambulanz Marsberg
• LWL-Schulen (LWL-Schule am Bomberg, LWL-Schule Paderborn)
• Jugendforensik
• iCAN (intelligente, Chatbot-assistierte ambulante Nachsorge)

Products and services

• Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment (Stationäre Behandlung)
• Day Clinic / Partial Hospitalization (Teilstationäre Behandlung / LWL-Tageskliniken)
• Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment (Ambulante Behandlung / LWL-Ambulanzen)
• LWL-Institutsambulanz Marsberg
• Jugendforensik (Youth Forensic Psychiatry)
• iCAN Chatbot-App (Intelligent Chatbot-Assisted Outpatient Aftercare)
• LWL-Schulen (Hospital Schools)

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Universität BielefeldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation on clinical study regarding the accuracy of attention diagnostics in childhood. The study examines whether and how results from specialized test procedures agree with evaluations of questionnaires for ADHD diagnosis. The project is led by Bielefeld University and conducted partly at LWL-Klinikum Marsberg.
• Universitätsmedizin GöttingenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudy cooperation with the working group 'Social Interaction and Developmental Neuroscience' led by Prof. Dr. Martin Schulte-Rüther on the ICD-10/DSM-V criteria project examining ADHS criteria in elementary school reports.
• Stadtbibliothek PaderbornminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation between LWL-Schule Paderborn and Stadtbücherei Paderborn. Includes workshops on media literacy, hate speech awareness, fake news recognition, and digital detox. Students learn about the library as an out-of-school learning location.
• TANDem-Konsortium (International)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational, multidisciplinary Mobile-Health project focused on empowering people with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) and their families. The clinic contributes to research on TAND (TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders) and the development of apps and clinical consensus guidelines.
• Stadt Paderborn (Ostfriedhof)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool bee project with bee boxes located on the Ostfriedhof cemetery in Paderborn. The former mayor Michael Dreier provided expertise and support for the school's bee-keeping initiative.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• LWL-Klinikum Gütersloh: Sibling LWL facility providing child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry in the Westfalen-Lippe region. Operates under the same LWL governance and statutory health insurance framework with comparable multi-site care delivery.
• LWL-Klinik Hemer: Another LWL psychiatric hospital providing child and adolescent psychiatry services within the same public-law corporation. Shares identical funding structure, governance, and statutory mandate model.
• Vitos Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie: Regional publicly-owned psychiatric provider network in Hesse with child and adolescent psychiatry units, operating under a comparable statutory regional mandate and GKV reimbursement model.

Broad incumbents

• Schoen Klinik: Large private German hospital group with psychiatric services including child and adolescent psychiatry. Operates nationally with private reimbursement and serves as a private-sector benchmark for KJP service delivery.
• Asklepios Fachklinikum: One of Germany's largest private hospital operators with multiple KJP facilities across the country. Offers a comparable range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric services at greater geographic scale.
• Helios Kliniken: Major German private hospital chain (part of Fresenius) operating numerous inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facilities including KJP services. Represents the scaled private alternative to public regional clinics.
• Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Germany's largest university hospital with a prominent Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie von Kindern und Jugendlichen. Offers KJP care plus academic research, representing the academic-tier comparable.
• Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg: Major German university hospital with a dedicated child and adolescent psychiatry department combining clinical care, research, and teaching. Comparable in modality breadth but at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Bezirksklinikum Ansbach: Regional public psychiatric hospital in Bavaria providing child and adolescent psychiatry services within a defined Bavarian catchment area. Comparable in regional mandate structure but operates under a different federal-state model.

Others

• DGKJP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie): German professional society for child and adolescent psychiatry that sets clinical standards, hosts conferences, and connects KJP providers. Functions as the sectoral ecosystem coordinator rather than a direct service peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCX5X5bQKj4x5D3X5X5bQKj4x5D3X5X5bQKj4
• Facebookfacebook.com/lwl.org
• Instagraminstagram.com/lwl_org

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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