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Help in social welfare offices and health centres

Help in social welfare offices and health centres

Social welfare offices

Valokuva: Elokuun valoa. Kuvaaja: Anne Kauhanen.

Should your own use of intoxicants or that of a person close to you make life difficult, it is possible to contact the social welfare office to arrange an appointment with a social worker.

Social workers help in handling substance abuse problems and give further information about special services, treatment and therapy.

Social workers are in charge of writing the payment guarantee required for treatment.

» Social work for families with children

» Social work for adults

Health centres

Health centres provide information about the treatment places for intoxicant abusers. Initially, nurses are the personnel to request advice from.

If required, a covering letter for detoxification treatment is written at the health centre.
Doctors in the medical centres do not prescribe tranquillizers.

» Health centres

It is possible to discuss drug abuse and detoxification in the following services:

» Tampere mental health centre

» Student health care in Tampere
www.tampere.fi/opiskeluterveys/english.html

» Finnish student health service (FSHS)
www.yths.fi/en

» Adult health clinics
(with public health nurses)