[Qualified inpatient acute treatment of drug dependent patients in North Rhine Westphalia]

Abstract

Qualified concepts of clinical treatment of drug addicts in the Federal Republic of Germany have been put into practice to a large extent only in terms of abstinence oriented long term therapy (in the FRG called disuse therapy). Specialized and differentiated offers of clinical acute treatment, which is orientated to the special regards of treating groups of drug addicts not yet accessible to therapy, are to be found singularily in Munich, Hamburg, Lüneburg, and in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. There are to be discussed experiences with a special setting of medicament assisted acute treatment, which is embedded in a motivation enforcing social therapeutical and psychotherapeutical concepts attaining all psychically and physically ill drug addicts willing to start a therapy. This standard offer has to be integrated in the regional drug aid network.