title: [Psychiatric and psychosomatic day hospitals in Austria].
abstract: This paper on psychiatric and psychosomatic day hospitals in Austria first looks at the overall situation of Austrian day clinics then, in a second step, compares psychiatric and psychosomatic day hospitals. For this purpose, a questionnaire was developed and sent to all psychiatric and psychosomatic day hospitals in Austria. The first part consisted of closed questions and was used to gather and evaluate the categories: general conditions for treatment in day hospitals, tasks of day hospitals, therapeutic paradigms, indication and contraindication, diagnostics, day hospital organisation, interdisciplinary cooperation and the offering in day hospitals. The second section consisted of open questions which were used to gather and evaluate active factors, difficulties, specifics and requests for future treatment in day hospitals. The results show that there is a trend towards more day hospitals. Psychosomatic day hospitals are a rather new phenomenon. Furthermore, the distinction between psychiatric and psychosomatic day hospitals is important in order to offer patients distinguishable treatment options in future. The results show that psychiatric and psychosomatic day hospitals both have a strong focus on psychotherapy and both fulfill the active factors for psychotherapy by Grawe.
authors.affiliation: Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Österreich. evansjanet@yahoo.de.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6072-2238
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie II, Department für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Innsbruck, Österreich.
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dummer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie II, Department für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Innsbruck, Österreich.
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinzl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001317:Austria; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D000070516:Intersectoral Collaboration; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Day clinic; Psychiatry; Psychosomatics; Psychotherapy