[Responsibilities of clinical psychology in rehabilitation of patients with severe physical handicaps].

Rehabilitation is a process intended to lead from disablement to enablement. This process must begin at the very onset of an impairment, with close cooperation of the rehabilitee with all the specialties involved, as well as among these specialties, being an indispensable prerequisite. Clinical psychology is one of these specialties, its primary emphases are diagnostics, counselling, therapy, research, staff training and further education, as well as organizational, operational and institutional counselling. To take part in shaping a more humane world is a task of psychology in research, theory, and practice.