[Psychological contributions to rehabilitation in ambulatory health care].

Abstract

Concepts and theories of psychology are represented which are suitable to enrich rehabilitation medicine in the outpatient medical attendance. First, the understanding of rehabilitation medicine is discribed as a comprehensive care to ensure handicapped persons remain incorporated in family, society and occupation. Second, special fields of psychology sciences are explained, which contribute to reach these aims of rehabilitation, especially pedagogics and health psychology, medical and clinical psychology and behavioural medicine as well as behavior therapy. Third, there are chances discussed to comprise psychologists in a comprehensive rehabilitative treatment.