Tikkurila substance abuse clinic
The substance abuse outpatient clinic offers advice on and support for quitting or managing substance abuse. The services are targeted at adult Vantaa residents regardless of their place of domicile or drug used. Also relatives and friends of substance abusers can make an appointment for themselves.
Come to the substance abuse outpatient clinic through the on-call appointment service by making an appointment over the phone or by joining our open discussion groups.
The service is free of charge.
Services
On-call appointment
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, registration between 8:30-10:30.
The on-call appointment is meant for detoxification and for treating other crises related to substance abuse. The on-call appointment service will make a referral to institutional detoxification, when required.
Individual meetings
These meetings make it possible for you to discuss your situation in confidence with your own substance-abuse worker. Substance-abuse workers are health-care or social-welfare professionals. There can be just one meeting or there can be several during a longer period of time, according to the schedule you compiled together with the substance-abuse worker.
Couples meetings and family meetings
Couples and family meetings aim to increase the couples’ and families’ joint understanding of how substance abuse affects themselves, their relationship, and their family. Meetings with a couples and family therapist are agreed according to the needs of the couples and families in question.
Groups
Monday
At 17:00-18:30 (uneven weeks): open discussion group for relatives and friends of substance abusers
Tuesday
At 9:00-10:00: open discussion group / morning group
Friday
At 9:00-10:00: open discussion group / morning group
No advance enrollment is required for open discussion groups.
Substance abuse outpatient clinics also have closed groups, on which the employees will provide further information.
Peer group for relatives and friends of substance abusers
The open discussion group for relatives and friends of substance abusers assembles at Tikkurila substance abuse outpatient clinic in uneven weeks. Check out the program of the discussion group
Medical detoxification
Medical detoxification will be carried out in a multiprofessional and planned manner by accounting for the customer’s overall situation.
Occupational therapy
Meetings with an occupational therapist chart the customer’s everyday life and skills, as well as try to mold them to meet with the customer’s needs and wishes. Occupational therapy may help in challenges of, for instance, management of your everyday life, senseful doing, anxiety management, emotional skills, or relaxation. The meetings will be implemented individually or in a group based on the plan devised together.
Course-form outpatient care: intensive group
An intensive group lasts for five weeks, and it is meant for alcohol-, drug-, and medical-substance-dependent Vantaa residents who wish to gain support and peer support for their own recuperation.