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Beratungs- und Anlaufstellen für Drogennutzer*innen und Abhängige sehen sich einem besonderen Dilemma ausgesetzt. Die meisten Fachkräfte aus dem Bereich der Drogenprävention wissen, dass die Ansage: „Nehmt keine Drogen, weil sie illegal und ungesund sind“, die Menschen nicht vom Konsum abhält. Die Kunst ist hier, Konsum-Strategien zu vermitteln und bei Drogenmissbrauch individuelle Schadensbegrenzung vorzunehmen, etwa in Form von Safer Use.
Beratungs- und Anlaufstellen für Drogennutzer*innen und Abhängige sehen sich einem besonderen Dilemma ausgesetzt. Die meisten Fachkräfte aus dem Bereich der Drogenprävention wissen, dass die Ansage: „Nehmt keine Drogen, weil sie illegal und ungesund sind“, die Menschen nicht vom Konsum abhält. Die Kunst ist hier, Konsum-Strategien zu vermitteln und bei Drogenmissbrauch individuelle Schadensbegrenzung vorzunehmen, etwa in Form von Safer Use.
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PSYCHOLOGY<br />
Foto: Fernando @cferdo_unsplash.com<br />
QUEERS MORE<br />
VULNERABLE TO<br />
LONELINESS<br />
ENGLISH<br />
For over a year now, the pandemic has shaken<br />
our lives. A new study by the Charité has<br />
examined how Corona has changed our dayto-day<br />
life. One focus of the study was the living<br />
situation of queer people, asking the question:<br />
who is most vulnerable to loneliness?<br />
In early March,<br />
the Charité<br />
University Hospital<br />
in Berlin published the<br />
preliminary results of the study<br />
which examined the situation of people in<br />
Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic.<br />
One focus of the study was on lesbian, gay,<br />
bisexual, asexual, trans* and inter* people<br />
and their experience of the crisis. The study<br />
is headed by Prof. Dr. Wolfram Herrmann. So<br />
far, two waves of surveys have been carried<br />
out online: the first in March and April of last<br />
year and the second in January and February<br />
of this year. A total of almost 7,000 people<br />
were interviewed, of whom over two thirds<br />
identified as LGBTIQ*. Most of the respondents<br />
were between 18 and 65 years old.<br />
The results<br />
• Although social contacts decreased for<br />
the entire group over the past year, cishetero-dya<br />
people still had slightly more<br />
social contacts than queer people.<br />
• While there has been more contact with<br />
family than usual, cis-hetero-dya people<br />
have been in closer contact with their<br />
families than queers over the past year.<br />
The study also shows that you are more<br />
likely to experience loneliness if you fulfill<br />
one or more of the following factors: live<br />
without a partner, child, or alone, are under<br />
65 and/or are LGBTIQ*. Asexual, trans*<br />
and/or non-binary people are particularly<br />
prone to loneliness among queers.<br />
• People who went to psychotherapy<br />
reported that the sessions were both<br />
shorter and less frequent.<br />
• The participants claimed they would like<br />
more support on topics such as childcare,<br />
masks, vaccinations, financial support,<br />
psychotherapy and digital psychological<br />
counselling.<br />
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE<br />
CHARITÉ<br />
• Support to help combat loneliness should<br />
be particularly focused on trans*,<br />
non-binary and asexual people.<br />
• General practitioners should ask patients<br />
who are undergoing psychotherapeutic<br />
treatment whether they need more<br />
support. They should also address<br />
queer patients in particular about their<br />
loneliness and, if necessary, refer them to<br />
LGBTIQ* organizations. (ts,mb)<br />
<strong>CHECK</strong> BERLIN/BRANDENBURG #5<br />
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