title: [Diagnosis and treatment of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity syndrome (ADHS) in adults with drug addiction in in-patient and out-patient setting].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Children with untreated ADHS have a high risk of becoming adult addicts and often present as problem patients on psychiatric detoxification units. We present our experience with the task of recognizing ADHS and initiating treatment during the short period of in-patient detoxification.
  
  
  METHODS
  Typical case histories illustrate the structural framework of the setting, the diagnosis and therapeutic process and the course of treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Assessment of ADHS and initiation of specific treatment during in-hospital care is practical and useful to stop further chronification of illness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This work requires a new approach to these often difficult patients by establishing a continuous therapeutic milieu.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Evangelischen Krankenhauses Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin. u.wolf@keh-berlin.de
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Golombek
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diefenbacher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019263:Dysthymic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012008:Recurrence; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate