Vantaa Detoxification Treatment Center

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Vantaa Detoxification Treatment Center

• established 1989
• only place in Vantaa that offers inpatient care
  specially for withdrawal symptoms
• max. number of patients 15 2 (2 places for
  prearranged treatment, e.g crisis or interval)
• admission by referral only
• only adult patients (age 18), all kinds of
  substance dependencies
• staff
• managing social worker
• 1 social worker
• doctor (currently 4 days/week)
• 4 nurses
• 10 instructors (practical nurses)
• 1 office worker and 2 hostesses

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Statistics 2007

• total number of clients 373
• total number of treatment periods 712
  (1.9/client)
• average length of treatment per client 17.9 days
• average length of a treatment period 9.4 days
• totally 6680 bed-days, utilization rate 129,7
• of the clientele
• 33 female
• 46 unemployed, 18 working
• 76 living alone
• 25 without permanent housing
• 75 age 30 59
• 80.1 main substance alcohol
• developing trends
• number of female clients is growing
• amount of psychiatric diseases and symptoms among
  the clients is rising
• number of drug abusing (especially suffering from
  opiate addiction) clients is growing

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About the treatment

• four forms of treatment
• medical treatment (e.g. medication conformable to
  symptoms)
• group treatment (e.g. discussion groups, creative
  groups, mutual aid groups (AA, NA)
• individual treatment (e.g. counselling,
  networking with authorities and families, advice
  on housing, income etc., individualized treatment
  and rehabilitation planning)
• therapeutic community (a work in progress!)
• goals of treatment
• to take care of acute withdrawal symptoms
• to engage clients into rehabilitation and
  continous care
• to prepare and motivate clients for a sober life