[Methodological bases of early psychosocial rehabilitation of poststroke patients in neurological hospital].

Based on the principles of rehabilitation elaborated by M.M. Kabanov (partnership, multidirectional nature and intergrity of psychosocial efforts), the authors have worked out a model of a complex team (neurologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and all medical personnel of the neurological unit) biopsychosocial approach to early psychosocial rehabilitation of patients who survived acute) ischemc attack.

[Psychiatric service in general hospital].

The article summarizes the 3-year (1998-2000) consulting and treatment experience of a psychotherapeutic unit in one Moscow general hospital. Psychiatrists realized emergent and planned consultations of the mentally-ill patients in all hospital departments, conducted, in addition to general treatment, psychopharmacotherapy and psychotherapy or directed them, on demand, to psychiatric hospitals. For the 3-year period, the psychiatrists have consulted 4685 somatic patients with comorbid mental diseases (5% of the total amount of the patients admitted to the hospital at that period), 1360 patients (29%) being affected with psychotic disorders.

[Psychotherapeutic service in general somatic hospital].

The paper presents the experience of the activity of psychotherapeutic department in general somatic hospital during 3 years. For this period specialists of this department (psychotherapist, psychiatrist, medical psychologist and a nurses) were consulted 4528 patients. Some disorders of nonpsychotic level were found in 2915 cases.

[Halcion (triazolam) in the treatment of insomnia].

A hypnotic effect of chalcion (triazolam) was studied in 24 outpatients suffering from insomnia. It was found high and beneficial in pre-, intra- and post-insomniac disorders. Side effects were mild.