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[Psychological and ethical problems in the rehabilitation of mental disorders]. 1978

M Kreyssig

There is a discrepancy between the somatotherapeutic and rehabilitative state of development of institutionalized psychiatry. In addition to objective factors, causes of this discrepancy may be found in the unsatisfactory education and training of middle-level medical personnel. It is above all the behavior and attitudes to patients that indicate remaining traces of authoritarian and hierarchical structures in psychiatry, there being a major difference in this respect between sociopsychiatrically oriented hospitals and district and specialized hospitals, respectively. In rehabilitation, it is necessary to take as a starting point the patient's personality. It is for this reason that the use of psychotherapeutic principles is an essential prerequisite of the rehabilitation of mental patients. On the subjective side of the therapeutic and rehabilitative process it is necessary for patients to be in a position of being able to develop from a submissive object of medical activity into an actively participating (or emancipated) subject.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010551	Personality	Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.	Personalities
D003142	Communication	The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.	Miscommunication,Misinformation,Social Communication,Communication Programs,Communications Personnel,Personal Communication,Communication Program,Communication, Personal,Communication, Social,Communications, Social,Miscommunications,Misinformations,Personnel, Communications,Program, Communication,Programs, Communication,Social Communications
D004995	Ethics, Professional	The principles of proper conduct concerning the rights and duties of the professional, relations with patients or consumers and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the professional and interpersonal relations with patient or consumer families. (From Stedman, 25th ed)	Professional Ethics,Ethic, Professional,Professional Ethic
D006778	Hospitals, Psychiatric	Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.	Mental Hospitals,Hospitals, Mental,Mental Institutions,Psychiatric Hospitals,Hospital, Mental,Hospital, Psychiatric,Institution, Mental,Institutions, Mental,Mental Hospital,Mental Institution,Psychiatric Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001291	Attitude of Health Personnel	Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.	Staff Attitude,Attitude, Staff,Attitudes, Staff,Health Personnel Attitude,Health Personnel Attitudes,Staff Attitudes
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D012917	Social Adjustment	Adaptation of the person to the social environment. Adjustment may take place by adapting the self to the environment or by changing the environment. (From Campbell, Psychiatric Dictionary, 1996).	Adjustment, Social,Adjustments, Social,Social Adjustments
D013808	Therapeutic Community	Psychotherapeutic technique which emphasizes socioenvironmental and interpersonal influences in the resocialization and rehabilitation of the patient. The setting is usually a hospital unit or ward in which professional and nonprofessional staff interact with the patients.	Community, Therapeutic,Communities, Therapeutic,Therapeutic Communities