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The personal services of Barcelona Town Hall have subsidised the publication and
distribution of two issues of the magazine Infosect, which intends to report the
phenomenon of psychologically manipulative groups. The campaign was directed at
experts and users of civic and cultural centers and youth associations of Barcelona.
The Ministry of Social Affairs has subsidised a part of the salary of an AIS
documentation service worker, recognizing the importance of this service to the
many inquirers reaching the institution from all over Spain.
Relation with Private Institutions
The Sant Joaquim Foundation has economically supported AIS activities.
Relation with National and Autonomic Police Forces
Informative meetings have been held with Mossos de Escuadra, Ertzaina, Civil
Guard, and National Police.
Clinical Care
Increase in the number of therapeutic visits: implementation of the new
computerized clinical history model.
Computerized database updating of therapeutic cases, maintenance and review of
clinical histories and their statistical treatment.
Widening of the fields of AIS activities to other situations inducing dependency
disorders (non-pharmacological addictions).
Research and Publication of Technical Work
Preparation of a proposal for a sociological study regarding the implementation and
characteristics of psychologically manipulative groups in Catalonia: consensus of the
initial proposal between AIS and the Institution AEP Desenvolupament Comunitari
entrusted with the preparation of the study. Initial contacts with possible
collaborating institutions were made.
Publication of three technical articles.
Participation of the AIS therapeutic team in three international conferences with
seven papers.
Information, Prevention and Diffusion
Information and personalised telephone advice service, visits, and electronic mail,
with a total of 2,591 inquiries attended to.
The documentation service finished the purging and classification process of the
material available, the design and maintenance of documentation databases, and the
physical organisation of the resulting documents.
AIS has completed three information campaigns of printed material with an
informative and preventive character directed to young people and the public as a
whole, distributing 28,000 copies.
Six monthly publications of the magazine Infosect, with an annual circulation of
1.000 copies.
Translation of 71 documents (articles, news, etc) from English and German.
Participation in 10 radio and television programmes.
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Collaboration providing information to the press and radio and television
programmes on 102 occasions.
Table Summarizing the Inquiries Attended to During 2002 by the AIS Services:
Therapeutic Advice Service New cases Increase with respect to the
previous year
101 8.6%.
Legal Advice Service Enquires attended Increase with respect to the
previous year
84 133.3%
Information Service Enquiries
attended
Increase with respect to the
previous year
2,591 11.8 %
The personalized inquires attended to by the Information Service were distributed according to the
means and reason for inquiry as follows:
Telephone Information Service Number of Inquiries
Group Information 582
Advice 319
Follow-up of Advice Inquiry 263
Follow-up of Information Inquiry 207
Student Information 89
Legal Advice 64
AIS Activities 57
General Information 42
Others 12
TOTAL 1,635
Informative Visits Number of Inquiries
Group Information 77
Advice 78
Student Information 71
Others 16
Legal Advice 20
TOTAL 262
Electronic Mail Number of Inquiries
Group Information 354
General Information 111
Student Information 125
Advice 104
TOTAL 694
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