(partial) Researchers help patients - patients help researchers towards the cooperation between researcher and patients: Establishing a retinal screening centre, patient files, and future data base, G Cousins. The promotion of research by the German Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (DRPV), R von Gizycki. Technical aids: Help towards autonomy: Indications for vision aids in retinitis pigmentosa, W Hammerstein. Advice on the use of residual vision, D Jger. Therapy: The predicament of the RP patient - a dilemma, H Gussek. Methods for monitoring treatment in retinitis pigmentosa, R Hennekes. Genetics: RP patients and molecular genetic research: a study in acceptability, K Ruther et al. Living with RP - family, career and everyday life: Living with RP - patients' mobility, life style and leisure activities - workshop report, B Tasler. The problems of the visually handicapped in choosing a career - training and retraining, M Ersing. The RP societies - membership, public relations, bookkeeping, fundraising: How to integrate different groups of members into a society, H v Velzen. The current state of public relations work in the DRPV, E Lehning-Fricke & W Wehrhah;. Appendix: Program of the Congress. National RP Societies. Addresses. Index.