[Hypersalivation - inauguration of the S2k Guideline (AWMF) in short form].

Hypersalivation describes a relatively excessive salivary flow, which wets the patient himself and his surroundings. It may result because of insufficient oro-motor function, dysphagia, decreased central control and coordination. This reduces social interaction chances and burdens daily care.

[Sexual delinquency and Parkinson's disease].

The risk of aberrant sexual behaviour such as hypersexuality, exhibitionism, or pederasty may be underestimated in Parkinson's disease and its therapy with high-dosage L-dopa or dopamine agonists. We describe two legal cases which are representative of the forensic assessment of these side effects. The first case brought to court was a 45-year-old man suffering for 20 years from Parkinson's disease who developed hypersexuality and exhibitionism under high-dose therapy with ropinirol.

[Rehabilitation networking illustrated by case management after occupational accidents].

No net without a spider! After work accidents the victims can rely on the infrastructure created by the German accident insurance scheme (Berufsgenossenschaften). A surgeon, a so-called transit physician, is responsible after acute treatments also for all phases of rehabilitation. A Case Manager (Berufshelfer), an employee of the Berufsgenossenschaften, advises the victim in all matters, including vocational rehabilitation and personal concerns.

[Return to work after occupational accidents and occupational diseases].

The key formula "by all suitable means" is a structural support for successful occupational reintegration. In this respect, the special system of accident insurance administered primarily through the "Berufsgenossenschaften" (BG), differs from the other branches of social security. This system's roots in civil law do not allow any comparison with the principle of public law insurance underlying the other branches of social security in Germany.

[How can insurance systems guarantee continuity in rehabilitation? A European perspective exemplified by patients with severe craniocerebral injuries].

Harmony, coordination and integration are among the factors that ensure continuity in rehabilitation. These fundamental principles are applicable across all social insurance branches, and have in many European countries also entered rehabilitation-related legal systems. In Germany, the lawmaker currently is undertaking an effort to incorporate the numerous rehabilitation-related provisions contained in the different insurance branches of the social security net in a single book of the German social code.