title: [Integration of the public health service in community management of substance dependent patients].
abstract: Community strategies, facing the rising number of drug victims, HIV-positive und AIDS patients, together with the increasing crime rate in our cities, are under discussion at various national and international scientific conferences. Based on the "National Concept against Drug Abuse", presented by the German Government in June 1990, each community should set up a network, including the local agencies dealing with drug problems (drug squads, counselling, specialist treatment and prevention services) and improve their outpatient schemes. Since the general state of health of the "problem drug users" has steadily deteriorated, the Community Health Authority as a medical agency can play an important role in the approach to "problem drug use" as a mediator and coordinator of various local strategies.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Abteilung, Gesundheitsamt Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Behrends
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005858:Germany; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D011634:Public Health; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Die Einbindung des OGD in die kommunale Suchtkrankenbetreuung.