Atopic dermatitis, attachment and partnership: a psychodermatological case-control study of adult patients.

Adult patients with atopic dermatitis were examined from a psychodermatological perspective with respect to attachment attitudes and satisfaction with partnerships. In addition, the correlation between these variables and skin symptoms, as well as the skin-specific quality of life, was also studied. A total of 62 adult patients with atopic dermatitis were compared with a parallel control group with healthy skin (n = 62).

Long-term outcomes of short-term and long-term psychosomatic inpatient treatment and their predictors.

Objectives: The Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Giessen, Germany, offers short-term (STT) and long-term inpatient therapy (LTT).

Methods: In a prospective, 3-year follow-up study, we examined therapeutic indication, short- and long-term results, outcome predictors, and the utilization of aftercare for both settings.

Results: STT patients were more frequently acutely ill, suffered from stronger symptomatic manifestations, and were more frequently employed.

[Short-term and long-term inpatient psychotherapy -- indications, results, predictors].

Objectives: This study investigated differences between patients in both short-term and long-term inpatient psychotherapy. Results for both settings as well as predictors of treatment outcomes were determined.

Methods: Consecutive patients of the Giessen University Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, who were treated during a two-year period in both short- and long-term treatment settings, were studied prospectively (N = 166; return-rate 70 %).