[Models of inpatient psychotherapies]

A modern & professional psychotherapy has existed since 1900. Yet it took a long time before it found a place in the psychiatric therapy concepts. Next in addition to psychopharmaceutical drugs, psycho- & sociotherapeutic measures are integral elements of a general therapy standard. Some psychotherapeutic intervention technics, such as supportive psychotherapy, have been able to establish themselves in an inpatient psychiatric setting. It is important that the entire multiprofessional team members of an inpatient psychiatric unit take a psychotherapeutic stance, and work together to achieve the therapy goal. According to international experts, psychiatric-psychosomatic Consultation Liaison Service should be available in every general hospital. This Liaison principle also applies to psychotherapy in a psychiatric ward. Further, an exact definition of the therapy goals is necessary. A checklist, as an orientation tool, has always proved itself of assistance in psychiatric psychotherapy.