Einleitung

Psychic illness has been recognised and described through-out recorded history. Priests in Egypt three thousand years ago treated it. They operated within a theological rather than a medical framework, but their observations were acute and they noted characteristic aspects of disorders. In the treatment daily used exercises with elements from sports gymnastics and dance, have experience with their implementation. In the Middle Ages there was a resurgence of the supernatural theory of mental illness. The ancient gods had long been forgotten. Beginning with the Renaissance, however, the emphasis shifted permanently toward natural causes for mood disorders. Today we categorise the major disturbances. The therapy of psychiatric patients has many forms. The methods of some of these forms are well known and documented in detail. We were searching for better kinesiotherapeutic program for different psychic illnesses. Everyone of us, including the patients, have had some previous experience with physical activity. This has been mainly during the early part of our life, when we have dedicated most of our time to games and sport. During this time we experienced very pleasant and rewarding moments. Similarly the patients, have in most cases comparable experiences and they also have pleasant memories about their sport activities. Reflections of our body are intimate to your emotional interpretation and result frequently in pleasant feelings. For these reasons it is why we believe that using physical exercise is one of the most appropriate forms of therapy. It is known that: 1. some exercises or sets of these, have activating impact and cause temporary increase in the level of the sympathetic nervous system, 2. other kinds of exercises lead to the program stimulation of the reflexogenic zones and to a decrease of stimulation which leads to activation of parasympathetic nervous system, and in total generates relaxing and overall slow-down. In such cases the exercise has a sedative impact. Einleitung