Prevention of depression in adults with long-term physical conditions.

Background: Major depression is one of the world's leading causes of disability in adults with long-term physical conditions compared to those without physical illness. This co-morbidity is associated with a negative prognosis in terms of increased morbidity and mortality rates, increased healthcare costs, decreased adherence to treatment regimens, and a substantial decline in quality of life. Therefore, preventing the onset of depressive episodes in adults with long-term physical conditions should be a global healthcare aim.

[Online Rehab-Need Test (OREST): Effectiveness of an Invitation to Proactive Screening (self-test) for the Need for Medical Rehabilitation Among Individuals Covered by the German Statutory Pension Insurance Agencies in Baden-Württemberg and the Rhine Region].

Purpose: Up to now, there has been a lack of proactive approaches on the part of the rehabilitation providers, while simultaneously a suspected unmet rehabilitation need exists in some groups of insured persons. Therefore, the effectiveness of the invitation to a web-based self-test for rehabilitation needs as a new access route to medical rehabilitation was evaluated. The main question was whether the intervention leads to more approved rehabilitation applications in the follow-up period of 22 months and whether this effect is also apparent after controlling other influencing variables.

(Neuro)Psychological Interventions for Non-Motor Symptoms in the Treatment of Patients with Parkinson's Disease: a Systematic Umbrella Review.

Conducted in a multidisciplinary and multimodal setting, the main objectives of neuropsychological treatment are to improve cognition, alleviate affective disorders, and to promote activities and participation. This article reviews the evidence on therapeutic or educative interventions based on psychological principles for patients with Parkinson's disease. The electronic bibliographic databases MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PSYNDEX, and CINAHL were systematically searched for meta-analyses on psychological interventions for patients with Parkinson's disease, published from January 2000 to June 2018.

Systematic development of practice guidelines for psychological interventions in stroke rehabilitation.

We aimed to develop evidence-based practice guidelines that can support decision-making in individual cases and be used by a multidisciplinary team in stroke rehabilitation. We conducted a literature search (step 1), and a survey of all neurological rehabilitation facilities in Germany concerning their structural working conditions and current practices (step 2). Based on this information, we drafted a first version of the practice guidelines, and discussed them with a group of experts (step 3).

Intervention policies and social security in case of reduced working capacity in the Netherlands, Finland and Germany: a comparative analysis.

Objectives: Working age disability is a major challenge for policymakers in European countries. This pertains to both occupational reintegration and social benefits for work incapacity. In many states reforms have been initiated aimed at reducing disability scheme inflow and fostering return to work.