The author reflects on the need of rehabilitation in psychiatry, in particular in schizophrenic patients. The impaired personality, communication and relations with people require rehabilitation. The applied techniques are individual and group techniques and are described as rehabilitation psychotherapy. The author emphasizes also the need to use the most uptodate drugs and the importance also the need to use the most uptodate drugs and the importance of a therapeutic atmosphere of security, acceptance and harmony.

        Key words: rehabilitation, psychotherapy, schizophrenia.