[Inpatient psychosomatic treatment--patient markers and treatment success]

All patients who were admitted to a psychosomatic clinic during the period of one year and ended the in-patient psychotherapy regularly were evaluated before the treatment, at dismissal and one year later, the 113 (68.9%) women and 51 (31.1%) men ranged in age from 17 to 71 years, with a mean age of 39.7 years. The in-patient treatment lasted at average 9 1/2 weeks. On dismissal 85% of the patients reported a reduction of complaints. One year later 75% of the patients rated their psychological and 67% their physical state of health better compared to the time before the in-patient treatment. Standardised psychodiagnostic questionnaires (FSI, GT-S, IIP-D, SCL-90-R) demonstrated significant improvements concerning different aspects which remain stable during the follow-up period. Using the anamnestic information the prediction of treatment outcome was unsatisfactory.