STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY FROM A PSYCHOANALYTIC AND BEHAVIORAL POINT-OF-VIEW

In this survey we describe the development of in-patient psychotherapy based on psychoanalysis and behavioral therapy as a specific independ ent area of health care for the so-called psychogenic disorders. Basic structural information is given about the size of the institution - w ard or special clinic-, financing, length of stay, number of staff etc . One central issue is the development of methodical procedures. Psych oanalytic concepts according to psychoanalytic therapy center around m ultimodal teamwork,taking into account the multidimensional transferen ce processes, and hereby group therapy has priority. Behavioral projec ts stress disorder-specific, psychoeducative individual and group-ther apy concepts with the central aim, the ameliorate the self-management of the patient for his/her illness. Recently, behavioral methods have been increasingly integrated into pschoanalysis-based inpatient therap ies and vice versa.