Comparative research on drug addiction treatment in the Czech republic, Peru and Nicaragua

Abstract

The main topic and purpose of the thesis is to compare and contrast different in-patient addiction treatment methods used in particular institutions in the Czech Republic, Peru and Nicaragua. In the first part of the thesis there are different inpatient addiction treatment methods described in terms of specific environment and methods of treatment. The other part of the thesis is devoted to the comparative research based on the content analysis of 15 semi-structured interviews with in-patients in three particular treatment centres in the Czech Republic, Peru, and Nicaragua. The comparative research provides a background for the grounded theory development and brings conclusions. Conclusions of this thesis contain information and proposals for development in drug addiction treatment approaches inspired by different socio-cultural context of the treatment methods