PATIENTS EXPECTATIONS CONCERNING PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A PSYCHIATRIC-HOSPITAL - AN EMPIRICAL-INVESTIGATION

Before admission to in-patient psychotherapeutic treatment 202 patients with schizophrenic or neurotic orders, partly with secondary alcohol or substance addiction, were investigated with a questionnaire concerning patients' expectations of psychotherapy: targets, expectations of therapeutic attitude and technique as well as therapeutic procedure (individuals or group therapy). The results are correlated with sociodemographic data and psychiatric disorders and compared with the patients who were not admitted to therapy and the results after discharge. Conclusions are made with regard to indication and adaptive patient-centered therapeutic proceeding.