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Outpatient Services

 

Reykjavik Outpatient Unit
Efstaleiti 7
103 Reykjavík
tel. 00354-5307600, fax 00354-5307601
e-mail: gisli@saa.is


For some patients it is sufficient to attend interviews and group therapy in outpatients units, especially if they have participated in the treatment program previously. Thousands of SAA clients have made use of this option. Outpatient units can, under special circumstances, replace traditional treatment programs where the patients stays in an institution for the course of the program. But in most instances a stay in an outpatient ward without other treatment measures is out of the question because of the social circumstances or the medical condition of the patient. In such circumstances the outpatient ward is necessary to ensure the success of the treatment program and patients who are treated at an outpatient ward after treatment are twice as likely to abstain from addictive substances. It is therefore necessary that most of these patients have a ready access to outpatient treatment over a period no shorter than three months after completing the treatment program. This arrangement has been highly successful and has helped SAA to cut enormous costs.

 

Akureyri Outpatient Unit
Hofsbot 4
600 Akureyri
tel. 00354-5307600, fax 00354-4612529
e-mail: asi@saa.is

 

Almost all SAA lectures and therapy programs for the families of addicts take place in the outpatient units. Around one thousand individuals participated in the family therapy program in 1995. This service has been very comprehensive and has been run in conjunction with the program for addicts since 1978. Medical clinics and outpatient units therefore support each other in attaining a common goal as the one is essential to the other. The clinics and centers run by SAA, including the outpatient units, therefore work together and operate as one unit. Patients are offered versatile treatment options according to every individual´s needs and situation. Therefore treatment can consist of a single interview in the outpatient ward or involve an extended stay in the inpatient ward with support from the outpatient ward followed by a stay in a recovery houses after completing the treatment program. 

 

  

 Reynslusögur á RÚV !

Umfjöllun morgunútvarps Rásar 2 um sjúkdóminn og batann hefur vakið athygli. Fyrst var frábært viðtal við Guðlaugu Kjartansdóttur og í öðrum þætti brilleraði Arnar Eggert. Í þriðja þættinum var viðtal við Önnu Jónu Ármannsdóttur og mæltist henni vel að vanda. Hún hefur verið edrú í 30 ár. Svo heyrum við sögu Valgeirs Skagfjörð í fjórða þættinum. Mælum margfalt með þessum viðtölum á Rás 2.

 

 

Nora í 60 MINUTES

Viðtal 60 mínútna við mestu áhrifamanneskju í fíkniheimum í dag, Íslandsvininn Noru Volkow, forstöðukonu NIDA, bandarísku fíknirannsóknarstofnunarinnar. Viðtalið er að hálfu um þekkingu á fíkn og að hálfu um afa Noru; félaga Trotskí. Og hér svarar hún hvað séu hættulegastu fíkniefnin.