title: [Integrated physical therapy in psychiatry, neuro-rehabilitation and rehabilitation of the aged].
abstract: Physiotherapy forms a main part of modern therapy, however it only can be optimal in full integration with pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and sociotherapy. Gerontopsychiatry offers a large field for physiotherapists. Besides highly specialised physiotherapy the dimension of recreation, fun-giving and amelioration of life quality must not be forgotten in physiotherapy. These possibilities from an important function within a human and humanitarian medicine. A further main condition for amelioration is to involve relatives fully in the therapeutical concept. Our experience has shown that within the domestic surrounding rehabilitative progress can well arrive; however, only if systematically prepared and uninterrupted stimulated.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Neurorehabilitation und -Prophylaxe und der Neurologischen Abteilung, Landes-Nervenkrankenhaus Valduna, Rankweil, Vorarlberg.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hodkewitsch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riedmann
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Barolin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011788:Quality of Life; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation
vernacular_title: Integrierte Physiotherapie in Psychiatrie, Neurorehabilitation und Altersrehabilitation.