The study addresses the evaluation of psychosocial distress, the need for care as determined by a psychotherapist and patients, and the realization of psychotherapeutic interventions within a routine psychosomatic liaison service.
Department of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapeutic Medicine, University Hospital of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 8, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. kf@psysom.ukl.uni-freiburg.de