[Ulcerative rectocolitis: autogenous training. On serveral serious cases (author's transl)].

Three patients, suffering from severe ulcerative rectocolitis which could require surgery, were significantly improved by standard exercises of autogenous training with a combination of drug treatment. Somatic morbid signs (clinical as well as rectoscopical) were disappearing through the establishment of a better adaptation to reality. The importance of the therapeutic frame is underlined.