title: [The psychiatric day clinic--a review of experience to date and our results].
abstract: Psychiatric day hospitals are a relatively young therapeutic facility insufficiently known to many psychiatrists. This accounts for the application potential of day treatment not being adequately recognised and utilised despite its many advantages (efficacy, flexibility, versatility). Treatment at a day hospital is not a (more or less) acceptable alternative to hospitalisation but has a specific contribution of its own to make in certain situations. Although the scientific standard of the literature published on day hospitals is relatively good, many questions on theoretical and practical aspects remain unanswered. The aim of this paper is to show the opportunities and limitations of the psychiatric day hospital with reference to a survey of the existing literature and to our own experience.
authors: Klinik für Psychiatrie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
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authors: B
authors: Eikelmann
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authors: T
authors: Reker
mesh_terms: D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005858:Germany; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Die psychiatrische Tagesklinik--Ubersicht bisheriger Erfahrungen und eigener Ergebnisse.