[Goals and methods of health training in the rehabilitation hospital for cardiovascular diseases].

Presented are the objectives, premises, and methods of health training in the framework of inpatient rehabilitation of cardiovascular patients, the contents of a two-week group programme are reported. Central among the goals is information on the disease, on how to cope with it, as well as psychosocial reorientation of health behaviour. Various methods for achieving these goals are described, the focus being on group work programmed according to psychological considerations, and placed within a psychosomatic overall approach of the clinic.