title: [Specific behaviour therapy day clinic].
abstract: Psychiatric day care has a long tradition. However, psychotherapeutic day care institutions specialising in particular disorders or certain therapeutic approaches are still the exception. A day care unit for behaviour therapy was established at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf in 1998 as part of a complex inpatient, day care, and outpatient behaviour therapy unit. The immediate and high acceptance by patients and their doctors indicates a strong need of such a treatment setting. We present how this day care unit works and how it differs from the traditional psychiatric day care.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsbereich Verhaltenstherapie der Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mundt
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rufer
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment