title: [The Impact of Psychotherapeutic or Psychiatric Pretreatment on the Mental Aptitude of Officers-to-be].
abstract: In the context of the medical assessment of officers-to-be, the physical and mental aptitude of persons having revealed a psychotherapeutic or psychiatric pretreatment is frequently questioned. Generally, the fact that a person took up a specific therapy because of psychic disturbance doesn't tell anything about severeness and relevance of an underlying mental disorder. If evidence of psychiatric disease arises during the medical examination, an additional expert advice should be obtained to differentiate between mild or reversible dysfunctions and severe or chronifying psychiatric diseases. In the light of a growing social acceptance of psychotherapy, the finding of a prior psychotherapeutic or psychiatric treatment without regarding the individual background, course and prognosis cannot longer justify the exclusion from officialdom.
authors.affiliation: Referat für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Landeshauptstadt München.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richartz-Salzburger
mesh_terms: D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000379:methods; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005858:Germany; D000071296:Government Employees / Q000523:psychology*; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D000066477:Work Performance