[Anesthesia in patients with neurologic and psychiatric diseases].

The article reviews the problems involved in perioperative care of patients suffering from myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease as well as diseases associated with seizures or convulsions. The pros and cons of the various methods of anaesthesia are described. The problems associated with the anaesthesiological care of psychiatric patients are explained particularly regarding interactions between neuroleptics and narcosis. General rules preference of a specific method of anaesthesia in neurological and psychiatric patients do not exist.