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The attendance of an in-patient therapy program is often an indispensable part in the treatment of addiction disorders. The different stages of treatment, its elements of therapy as well as advantages and disadvantages of a stationary setting are discussed. The importance of an individualized therapy matched with the stage of detoxification and withdrawal is shown on the example of the Klinik Südhang, where patients with alcohol and/or drug addiction disorders seek treatment. Advantages and disadvantages of a stationary setting are discussed. To allow a successful detoxification and/or withdrawal, an interdisciplinary assistance and aftercare is essential.

Psychiatric emergencies and crises are unforseeable by nature and can have devastating consequences. They can arise both in the course of chronic mental illness and in people who had not shown any previous signs of mental illness. Conditions that are so similar that they might be confused with one another can be caused by a wide range of internal illnesses, adverse side-effects of medications or intoxication. This is the reason why establishing a psychiatric diagnosis in emergency situations must be primarily driven by the question as to whether the differential diagnosis is an internal illness or rather intoxication. The most prevalent psychiatric emergencies in clinical practice are nervous breakdowns, psychomotor agitation and violence, suicidal tendencies, delirium, psychoses as well as addictions.