Abstracts by keywords: psychotherapy
Psychogenic eating disorders include various types of eating disorders that differ in their symptoms. Psychogenic eating disorders include anorexia nervosa (AN), also known as “anorexia”. In addition to bulimia nervosa (BN), also known as “bulimia” or “eating addiction”, and binge eating disorder (BES, also “eating addiction”), AN is one of the most researched forms of eating disorders. Depending on the type of eating disorder, different symptoms are characteristic of psychogenic eating disorders (DGPM/DKPM 2010). The risk of chronicity in eating disorders is high. Those affected usually have to struggle with the disease for several years, require several treatment attempts and the symptoms sometimes persist even after successful therapy. In addition, it is assumed that most of those affected do not attract attention in the healthcare system and that only a fraction of those who do seek treatment (Hoek 2006; DGPM/DKPM 2010; Smink 2016). In addition, eating disorders are accompanied by numerous physical sequelae. The earlier the disease breaks out, the higher the risk of chronic damage (Holtkamp/Herpertz-Dahlmann 2005). In addition, deaths due to an eating disorder are often due to the physical consequences. Overall, mortality in eating disorders is significantly higher: in bulimia by a factor of 1.9 and in anorexia by a factor of 5.9 (Smink 2016).
06.12.2017
In comparative analyzes of psychotherapy and specialist treatment (basic psychiatric care), the aim is to examine the extent to which current outpatient care meets the requirements of needs orientation/justice in care and cost-effectiveness/economy. Since there are several works on basic psychiatric care (e.g. Melchinger 2008, 2010), the focus here is on psychotherapy.
23.09.2012
In order to improve the supply situation for psychotherapy quickly and efficiently, the British Ministry of Health is investing at least 300 million pounds over the next few years. In addition to the existing care system, almost one million patients will be treated by at least 3,600 additional, newly trained psychological therapists. According to the authors, there are also deficiencies in the provision of psychotherapy in Germany. For example, For example, only about one in ten mentally ill patients receive psychotherapy. The waiting times for such a place are almost half a year. When treated, it is usually pharmacotherapeutic, although evidence-based psychotherapies are generally more successful and less expensive than pharmacotherapy for the most common disorders. With long-term thinking, current health economic research data speak in favor of promoting psychotherapy, and suggestions for improving the care situation are then made.