[Psychogeriatrics and psychoballet].

Third age within humanity has a very important place at world level and it is 11% of total population in our country. Because of the importance that our Ministry of Public Health gives to this determined population move us to carry on this paper, therefore, 26 psychogeriatric patients were selected at random, to who direct attention was offered in elemental ballet techniques. These patients are under the medical care required because of their mental affection, but they also attend to the occupational therapeutical area at the Psychiatric Hospital, Havana, where an adequate therapeutical treatment is given to them, from Monday to Friday at 8:00 a.m. until 10 a.m., and during the year in the performance of this activity we were able to observe a remarkable improvement in such patients, who have improved their interpersonal relationships, and doses of psychopharmaceuticals have been decreased.