[Limits, conditions and possibilities in the use of high level autogenic training in aerospace medicine].

Initial results obtained by systematic training using high level autogenic training are presented. The use of this very demanding method for psychotherapy requires that the diagnosis given for the patients ist "neurotic development", that the course of treatment is long, that the basic technique of autogenic training has been mastered, and that the group can be used as a therapeutic factor. Patients who are stable when confronted with conflicts do not react to the demands represented by high level training in the same way as those who exhibit lability in conflict situations. The application of high level autogenic training to improve the psychological performance of subjects with a stable mentality still involves many problems.