U. Schlebergerdein et al., THE PSYCHOSOMATIC PSYCHOLOGICAL DEMAND AN D MEDICAL-CARE IN THE PRIMARY-CARE HOSPITAL, PPmP. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 44(3-4), 1994, pp. 99-107
A questionnaire submitted in 1986 to ward physicians in internal medic
ine in 9 out of 11 public hospitals (eight General Hospitals and the U
niversity Hospital) in the city of Hamburg documents their remarkable
awareness of psychosocial problems. Noticable, however, is the compara
bly low assessment of the prevalence of psychosomatic diseases. The de
sire for assistance through a psychossomatic consultation service is m
uch greater than actual rates of request. The status of psychosomatic
care is judged to be very unsatisfactory. The collected data and the b
road agreement to integrate psychosomatic forms of organization into t
he care of medical in-patients lead to the conclusion that there is an
encouragingly great readiness to co-operate. Considering the very dif
ferent experiences found in already existing models, the results indic
ate the necessity of a more in-depth examination of the process of co-
operation between somatics and psychosomatics.