Detoxification for mental health and substance abuse patients
If you have been using intoxicants for a long time and abundantly, you may experience withdrawal symptoms if you stop using them. You can receive detoxification when it is not safe for you to stop using intoxicants without care and professional supervision. In detoxification, we can prevent and treat withdrawal symptoms and take into account the harm to health and other aspects of life caused by substance abuse.
If necessary, you will be given medication during detoxification. With medication, we can alleviate and prevent dangerous withdrawal symptoms. We will also help you plan and arrange the follow-up care or social support you need.
Your need for detoxification can be determined in mental health and substance abuse services or at another healthcare facility, such as a health centre. Your detoxification period may also be part of a broader substance abuse treatment plan that social welfare and healthcare professionals have prepared with you.
Detoxification can be provided in both outpatient and institutional settings. Outpatient detoxification is suitable when you do not need constant monitoring and round-the-clock care due to your withdrawal symptoms. During outpatient detoxification, you live in your own home. Your detoxification can also take place in an institution, if we assess that you need closer monitoring and round-the-clock care than outpatient care can provide.