Published: 05.07.2007

Contact to Services

Family, social and health services in Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Lahti, Kuopio, Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa.

All services in substance abuse (In Finnish - Register maintained by Stakes)

All A-Clinics in Finland and their subordinate units (detoxification centres, youth centres etc.)
The Kurvi drug clinic (Helsinki) - maintained by the Deaconess Institute of Helsinki
ContrAl Clinics - (Espoo, Helsinki, Hämeenlinna, Kotka, Kouvola, Lappeenranta ja Oulu) private clinics for people with alcohol problems

Järvenpää Addiction Hospital - A-Clinic Foundation
Hietalinna therapeutic community (Helsinki) - A-Clinic Foundation
Rehabilitation centre of Kouvola - A-Clinic Foundation
Detoxification centre of Turku - A-Clinic Foundation
Drug-Rehabilitation Residential Unit for Families (in Espoo) - the Deaconess Institute of Helsinki
Kalliola clinics (Kisko, Nurmijärvi, outpatient unit in Helsinki) - Kalliola Support Association

Self-help groups for peer support:

AA - Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon - groups for the families of alcoholics
AAL - groups for adult children of alcoholics
NA - groups for drug addicts
GA - groups for gambling addicts
OA - groups for people with eating disorders
A-Guilds - associations of former and present clients of A-Clinics


Other information on services in Finland:
Services for Children and Young people
Services for Adults
Treatment Services for Drug Users
Service Units for intoxicant Treatment
Detoxification without medication 

Welfare services for intoxicant abusers in the 2000’s:
An overview of the service structure here in Finland

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