[Body-centered group psychotherapy in acute schizophrenics. Evaluation by rating of ego functions (Bellak et al., 1973)].

37 acute schizophrenic inpatients were studied in respect to the therapeutic effect of the body-centered group psychotherapy (körperzentrierte Gruppenpsychotherapie). The evaluation was made by the rating of ego functions (Bellak et al., 1973). The acute schizophrenic patients with somatic disturbances (functional ones, body illusions and halluzinations, depersonalisation) turned out to make significantly better progress in ego functions (p less than 0.05) than the control sample.