[Logopedic diagnosis and therapy in psychiatric treatment].

Abstract

The paper outlines real and potential possibilities of logopedic activities within the framework of psychiatric care. The account is based on the experience in clinical logopedics and work published abroad in the field of diagnosis and therapy. The author presents the results of comprehensive logopedic examinations as well as its possible perfection and the contribution of logopedic diagnosis to the differential diagnosis in psychiatry. The author also focuses attention on possible therapeutic action and areas attended for logopedic care. In the conclusion he emphasizes the importance and necessity to include the clinical logopedist in the psychiatric in-patient team and the necessity of close cooperation of ambulatory departments concerned with psychiatric and logopedic problems.