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  • Title: [50 years Rodewisch theses--for the beginnings of social-psychiatric reforms in East Germany (GDR)].
    Author: Kumbier E, Haack K, Steinberg H.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 2013 Sep; 40(6):313-20. PubMed ID: 23868717.
    Abstract:
    The so-called Rodewisch Theses of 1963 demonstrate East German psychiatry's attempts to implement social-psychiatric reforms. To mark their 50th anniversary, this article analyses their emergence, drafting and implementation. It has been known that key requirements could only be fulfilled on a regional basis, the Leipzig University Department of Psychiatry being an outstanding example, although its staff worked rather autonomously of the Rodewisch Theses. The reasons for the different degree of success of these developments in individual areas are manifold, key reasons being the lack of stark political support and of opportunity to discuss shortcomings in mental health care, as in Western Germany, due to political circumstances in particular. There was no strong social basis and support as in Western democracies.
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