Prevention and Treatment of Abuse in the Counties, 1991

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information for statistical and scientific assessment of the measures taken concerning prevention and treatment of drug abuse in the counties and the municipalities (the municiaplity part is found as DDA-5820: Prevention and Treatment of Abuse in the Municipalities, 1991). # In 1990 the Association of County Councils in Denmark established a working party concerning the planning of treatment and related measures in the field of abuse. The Association assessed that there was a need for a more thorough examination of the ongoing development in the field and of the many unclarified questions raised by the current development. Furthermore, the Association found that the field of abuse needed to be viewed as a connected whole which had not been the object of the committee work up till then. # The mandate of the working party meant, among other things, a thorough examination of the collected efforts in the field of abuse in order to assess present practice and maybe contribute with proposals for improvements. # The working party concentrated on the following main points: #- A mapping out of the present and expected development regarding # drug abuse and alcohol abuse. #- Discussions of the desirable and realistic development of the # public efforts in the field regarding the effort towards the # various groups of abusers. # Co-operation between institutions and authorities, etc. in the # field of abuse. #- Organizational and economic problems in connection with the # efforts, including the relation between municipal and county # measures. #- The relation between prevention and treatment. #The following information is included from questionnaires completed by the counties: #- How many times the effort in the field of abuse has been on the # agenda of the county council and/or the social welfare committee # within the last three years. #- Most important agenda and second most important agenda # concerning abuse within the last three years. #- Whether the county council and/or the social welfare committee # has worked out objectives for the field of abuse. #- Whether the economic conditions of the county have meant changes # of the county's practice concerning prevention and treatment of # abuse within the last three years. #- The county's assessment of the development of the number of # abusers within the last three years. #- Whether the county council and/or the social welfare committee # has taken any new initiatives in the field of abuse within the # last three years. #- Which offers of treatment and care the county had to alcohol # abusers, mixed abusers and injection abusers in 1990. #- Whether the county's ordinary rehabilitation offers have # received abusers within the last three years. #- Whether the county had special rehabilitation offers # specifically directed towards abusers in 1990. #- Whether the county has taken any initiatives to make its # educational institutions include lessons in drugs and drug # abuse. #- Whether the county has offered in-service training to staff # groups within the field of abuse within the last three years. #- Economic resources spent in the field of abuse in 1990. #- Co-operation in the field of abuse between the county and the # municipalities and between the county and the state