title: [Concepts and therapeutic programs on depression wards].
abstract: After a short description of depression treatment wards in the Federal Republic of Germany an overview due to recent treatment strategies is given. One of the main tasks of depression ward (affective disorder units) as a specialized treatment setting is to address problems like the difficult patient with complex diagnostic, often medical and management problems. Beside psychopharmacological treatment and the overall setting of the ward (milieu organisation, personal emphatic support for the patient and reinforcement of non-depressive behaviour by the nurses) the clinical program include gymnastic and sports, hydrotherapeutics and massage, occupational therapy, one-to-one and group psychotherapy, group sessions with relatives a.s.o, Global improvement rates are found near 85%.
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital
vernacular_title: Konzepte und Therapieangebote von Depressionsstationen.