[Substance dependence. Information, diagnosis and therapy--encouragement for pragmatic treatment]. / Suchtkrankheiten. Information, Diagnostik und Therapie--Anregungen zum pragmatischen Handeln.

According to the author's experience with addiction diseases, questions of etiology, diagnostics, and therapy are reviewed. Starting with basic terms: such as the addicted human and his background, the drugs and the disease, chosen facts are combined with the author's individual experiences and theories for pragmatic actions are derived.