[Inpatient crisis intervention in the general hospital: on the topic of the range of indications].

In social psychiatry crisis and crisis intervention do not have a uniform nomenclature. However, the number of institutes which offer in-patient crisis intervention as a specific treatment is growing. Therefore, on the way from the pilot project to the standardized method, the question of indications becomes increasingly important. On the basis of indications we have evaluated our practical experience with 1086 patients in a Berlin crisis intervention center in a retrospective study. The results present our estimation of the range of indications of this specific treatment. In the following article it will be explained and brought to discussion.