[Basic trends in the development of forms of organization of psychotherapeutic care of neurotic patients in the USSR].

The development of a multi-stage system of the care of neurotic patients is discussed. According to this system, the first stage is the outpatient treatment, especially in the psychotherapeutic consulting rooms. As the second stage, the psychoneurological district, town and regional dispensaries are introduced. The third stage is formed by semi-clinical institutions (daytime clinics) within the neurological dispensaries. The fourth stage are hospital departments, the particularities of which are briefly discussed. A further important link in the chain of the measures to treat neuroses finally is the care of the patients at a sanatorium.