[Medical and legal aspects of differentiation of inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment from psychosomatic rehabilitation]

Abstract

In the field of psychotherapeutic and psychosomatic medicine inpatient treatment is indicated in cases of instability of patients, comorbidity with severe organic disease, not yet clearly diagnosed and potentially dangerous symptoms, lack of understanding the nature of the psychosomatic illness and of motivation for psychotherapy and sometimes organizational reasons or the necessity to remove the patient from his private or professional conflicts. To differentiate between hospital treatment and psychosomatic rehabilitation is more difficult than in other medical settings. Medical and legal aspects of this indication problem are presented as well as solutions in way of networks of treatment processes.