title: [Role of sports in treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients].
abstract: The literature on the role of sports in the treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients is meagre and no systematic interdisciplinary review of the subject exists. This article reviews the existing literature and summarizes the relevant research findings. It also discusses practical experiences derived from a model project designed to study the role of sports in the management of chronically ill psychiatric patients, which showed that social interaction as well as the ability to organize time and leisure activities improved as did self-esteem, body awareness, and overall physical activity. Sports activities as part of the care of chronically ill psychiatric patients are effective as well as cost-effective and should receive more attention in both practice and research.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. gerhard.laengle@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Längle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siemssen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hornberger
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013177:Sports