Helsinki Deaconess Institute offers advice and treatment to drug addicts of all ages and to their families and close friends. These services are available nationwide on a 24/7 basis.
Drug-abuse treatment work at the Deaconess Institute is done and developed at several units and in connection with diaconia projects. Our clients include both Finns and immigrants.
As a rule, admission to drug-abuse treatment is via Huumepäivystyspoliklinikka (Drug Addiction Clinic for Acute Care). The clinic's on-duty phone number is (09) 7750 500.
Professional help and information related to drugs and drug abuse. Call free of charge 0800 900 45. This service is available on 24/7 basis.
Work methods and units involved in drug-abuse treatment
Together with Elämä on Parasta Huumetta ry (EOPH ry, an NGO), the Helsinki Deaconess Institute offers a 24-hour help-line service for drug abusers and their families as well for professionals who encounter drug use through their work.
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The Helsinki Deaconess Institute's Detoxification Ward offers institutional detoxification care for drug users. The nature of the care is voluntary closed-ward care. The care period is 2 to 4 weeks, and further care is determined with an individual plan and is carried out either non-institutionally or in rehabilitating drug-abuser welfare institutes.
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Helsinki Deaconess Institute’s Replacement Treatment Community provides rehabilitating replacement treatment for customers with opioid addictions in accordance with the decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The treatment programme consists of medical treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation with the emphasis on the minimization of adverse effects.
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The Helsinki Deaconess Institute’s Maintenance Treatment Unit provides rehabilitating replacement treatment for clients with opioid addictions as per the decree of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health The treatment consists of medical treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation.
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The Rehabilitation Residential Unit for Families provides both rehabilitating substance-abuse care and family care for families in which the parent or parents have a substance-abuse problem as well as care for pregnant substance abusers. In order to start the rehabilitation, a treatment-need assessment is required as well as possible detoxification treatment.
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The drop-in centre engages in preventive work to reduce the spreading of infectious diseases among IV drug users and also endeavours to improve and/or maintain the quality of life for drug users with an HIV infection.
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The services of the mobile health education unit complement the existing health education services available for IV drug users. The aim is to establish contact with drug users in the field and to lower the threshold for them for seeking medical assistance, as well as to reduce the risk of blood-transmitted diseases among drug users and the rest of the population.
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The Munkkiniemi Service Centre offers temporary accommodation for HIV-positive drug users. The facilities are on the third floor of the building and accommodate approximately 15 customers daily depending on circumstances. Services are available to customers seven days a week, with accommodation facilities open from 7 p.m. to 12 noon.
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The Service Centre’s home care service brings the medical care and psychosocial services needed by HIV-positive drug users to where the customers live. The services consist of home visits, network meetings, community support, and medicine supply.
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Päiväosasto on tarkoitettu huumeriippuvaisille asiakkaille laitosvieroituksen jälkeiseen jatkovieroitukseen sekä kuntoutusvalmennukseen avohoidossa.
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