Abstract
The field of psychosomatics has gained increasing significance; it has been struggling to establish its position as either an independent discipline or a subdomain of specific areas such as internal medicine or psychiatry. However, the rise of psychosomatic syndromes and disease patterns as well as an increase of specific integrated psychosomatic wards is a clear indication for the growing importance of interdisciplinary approaches to psychosomatic disorders. The study presents data from an 8-week inpatient treatment at a psychosomatic facility and investigates whether patients improved in their subjective symptom experience. A complex treatment approach, ranging from pharmacological treatment and group and individual psychotherapy to physiotherapy and ergotherapy was integrated into this intervention. In essence, containment of intrapsychic aggression derivatives played a central role in the treatment of psychosomatic symptoms. A significant factor contributing to a successful treatment is the doctor-patient relationship. All these factors were investigated in the present study.
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