title: [Developing a network for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy in Austria].
abstract: In Austria additional in-patient treatment facilities for psychosomatic patients are currently established. In this context an advisory board of the planned psychosomatic clinics suggests to develop a network for psychosomatics and psychotherapy. This suggestion focuses on four goals: further integration of specialised psychosomatic care into general medical care; further promotion of general psychosomatic care in primary health care; increasing acceptance of psychotherapy among psychosomatic patients in need of psychotherapeutic interventions; decreasing the number of chronic psychosomatic disorders by early and adequate treatment. The proposed network should involve three levels of cooperation: the primary care level, the specialised psychosomatic-psychotherapeutic level and the institutional level of planning future structural developments according to the actual needs and demands. Such a network should also facilitate a common approach regarding the admission of patients, in-patient treatment and post-treatment care. A need inventory and an implementation analysis involving all levels of cooperation as well as the patients perspective are regarded as a prerequisite for the implementation of the network.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Medizinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. christian.fazekas@uni-graz.at
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Fazekas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kolar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golth
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration; D001317:Austria; D005544:Forecasting; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000639:trends; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000639:trends; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000458:organization & administration*