[Psychosocial development of an opiate addict--a catamnestic study]

In the summer of 1974, 204 opiate users in West Berlin were extensively interviewed in regard to their present living conditions (housing situation, employment, social contacts, use of drugs, subjective complaints, vocational goals, political und ideological orientation), their family background (education of parents, occupation of parents, intactness of family, family atmosphere, type of child rearing methods used by the parents, other addicts in the family), and the development of the opiate addict himself (significant personal relationships in childhood and adolescence, psychosocial disturbances prior to use of drugs, addictive behavior prior to use of drugs, educational and vocational background). The results of this catamnestic study were presented and discussed.