[Admission to a psychiatric day clinic - demarcation of indications]

The results of a study of 547 day-time patients of the Medical Academy of Dresden who had been taken care of at the day-and-night type therapeutic department from 1974 to 1977 are presented. In this connection, problems of the availability of the day-time clinic, diagnostic structure, age structure, professional and social status of the patient group, results of dwelling time and occupational rehabilitation in dependence upon the mode of admission to this semi-clinical care system orientated on early rehabilitation are discussed. Finally, the respective conclusions with respect to the problems discussed are drawn.