title: [Future prospects in psychiatry].
abstract: A questionnaire on the future aspects of psychiatry was submitted to 234 psychiatrists, 111 other doctors and 78 nonmedical persons, that is to a total of 423 people. These were further classified according to their principal activity in private practice, clinical work, research or other fields. It was found that opinions did not differ materially within these subdivisions. It was particularly notable that over two-thirds of those questioned regard the future with optimism. Similarly, some two-thirds take an interest in futurology. There was general agreement that in 1985 the greatest problem in psychiatry will be psychosomatic disorders, neuroses and toxicomania, in that order. Biochemistry and pharmacology were considered decisive for progress in psychiatry. Over one half of those questioned also thought that in 1985 the most important method of treatment in psychiatry would be pharmacotherapy. More than two-thirds of those polled think that in 1985 a computer will be standard equipment in any research hospital and that, by 1985, psychiatry's standing will be improved as compared with today. As a corollary, the investigation was aimed at establishing to what extent the future-oriented and those-not-so-oriented differed in this opinion poll. Our working hypothesis that of the recipients of the questionnaire those with children are more future-oriented than those without children was not confirmed. But the future-oriented differed from those-not-so-oriented mainly in that they regard the future with optimism.
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D002188:Cannabis; D005544:Forecasting; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D009497:Neurotic Disorders; D011570:Psychiatry; D011600:Psychopharmacology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders; D013405:Suicide; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Zukunftsaspekte der Psychiatrie