German Caritas conducted a survey on addiction counseling, treatment and self-support of migrants in their counseling centers and clinics to get an overview of the current situation and needs. On average, the proportion of migrants among clients is 16.5%. They are mostly from Russia (34.4%) and Turkey (26.9%). More than 40% of the institutions have special offers, and more than 90% state the integration of migrants into regular offers works well as long as the language skills suffice. More than 60% state the integration into regular self-support groups works under the same precondition. 22.6% indicate special self-support groups for migrants existing in their region, and about 40% indicate requests of migrants for self-support offers. The results prove the importance of the topic, and they emphasize that offering help for the group of people needing offers in their first language is the greatest challenge. In respect of self-support offers important factors for an effective establishment of groups have been identified. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart.

Migrants Counseling Treatment addiction self-support

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