title: [Reality of treatment in psychotherapy: Results of a survey of German psychiatric hospitals].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Since the introduction of the qualification as specialist for psychiatry and psychotherapy, in addition to psychopharmacotherapy psychotherapy is an integral component of the treatment of mentally ill people. A survey was carried out to evaluate the reality of clinical routine use of psychotherapy in German psychiatric hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between October 2011 and March 2012 German hospitals of psychiatry and psychotherapy were contacted by the head organization, the conference of national directors (Bundesdirektorenkonferenz), to participate in a survey regarding the application of psychotherapy in the real clinical world of daily treatment. With an anonymous questionnaire, data were requested as either a printed form or online version.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data from 25 psychiatric hospitals in the year 2010 could be analysed (average number of beds 300 of which 53 were for psychosomatic/psychotherapeutic patients) and a total of 87,000 inpatients were treated whereby 34 % were diagnosed as F1 addictive disorders and 24 % as F3 affective disorders. More than 80 % of the hospitals applied group therapies of relaxation, cognitive behavior therapy, social competence training and specific techniques, such as dialectic-behavior therapy. As individual treatment methods, patients with depressive disorders were treated with cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy or psychodynamic therapy in more than 50 % of the cases. Relaxation techniques were offered in most cases by the nursing staff, behavior therapy by psychologists and physicians and psychodynamic therapy mainly by psychiatrists.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Psychologische Medizin (IPM), Oberwallnerweg 7, 83527, Haag i. OB, Deutschland, ipm@ipm-laux.de.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laux
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Artmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dreher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hauth
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*