title: [Psychotherapy in the day clinic].
abstract: Recently, the importance of psychiatric day hospital treatment is increasing in German psychiatry, as the regionalization and community-orientation of care advance and catchment areas become smaller. When a psychiatric department of a local general hospital is within easy reach of the patient's residence, the means for intensive treatment, as is available in a hospital, can be utilized during the day, while the patient spends a considerable amount of time (in fact, two thirds) in the familiar surroundings of his/her own home. This is applicable for many psychiatric conditions, including neuroses, personality disorders and psychosomatic diseases. As compared to conventional individual outpatient psychotherapy on the one hand and a distinct limited stay in a psychosomatic sanatorium far from home on the other hand, psychotherapy in a day hospital offers a promising additional way to provide effective and lasting professional help early and with a low threshold. The article summarizes the experience gained in a newly founded department of psychiatry and psychotherapy at a general hospital in one district of eastern Germany, where the staff is struggling to meet the needs of the catchment area in spite of a too small number of hospital beds.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Kreiskrankenhaus Saale-Unstrut Naumburg.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Böcker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Höpfner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böcker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Psychotherapie in der Tagesklinik.