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Abstract:
This article is an extension of a presentation with the same title given at the Japanese Alcohol, Nicotine & Drug Addiction Conference in Kobe on October 13th 2015: Firstly, a brief overview of support activities and services within Proyecto Hombre is given outlining the advanced assistance programs for supporting and treating addiction. problems. Secondly, it lays out the profile of persons with alcohol and drug problems as taken from "Proyecto Hombre Observatory Report 2014" vhich has informed the reality of adult users' life situation based on a series of indicators from the EuropASI, while they were being treated at Proyecto Hombre 27 Centers in Spain between 1 January, 2014 and 31 December, 2014. The sample consists of 1941 people treated during 2014 after application of the criteria for validation of the questionnaire. The profiles so obtained enable the design of treatment programs according to their specific situation in Proyecto Hombre. In order to allow some guidance to Japanese investigators and social workers regarding the design of treatments programs based on current user situation, this article draws attention to general sociodemographic data as well as data notable for its variation by gender and also by substance, and draws limited conclusions based on these.
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