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Laakso Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic

The Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic helps you deal with addiction issues.

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Laakson päihdepoliklinikan sisäänkäynti.
Photo: Virpi Velin

The Laakso Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic helps you with alcohol, medication and drug addiction.

Our team includes nurses, doctors, social instructors, social workers, social therapists, psychologists, family therapists, occupational therapists and experience experts.

The Laakso Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic is open by appointment from Monday to Friday, 8.00-16.00.

We plan treatment and rehabilitation individually by combining different treatment forms and methods.

You can seek treatment at the Laakso Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic in several ways:

- Call our phone service at tel. +358 9 310 42900 from Monday to Friday, 8.30-15.30.

- Attend the Startti info session. The group meets on Tuesdays from 14.00-15.00 at the Kalasatama Health and Well-being Centre, address Työpajankatu 14 A, 4th floor. Registration isn't required.

- If you need urgent assessment or detoxification treatment, you can visit the clinic in person without an appointment from Monday to Friday, 8.30-15.30 at the Kalasatama Health and Well-being Centre (Työpajankatu 14 A).

- If you already are in substitution treatment at Laakso, please call +358 40 334 4478 Mon-Fri from 7.30-14.00 and Sat-Sun from 8.00-13.30.

- Make an appointment with our experience expert. Starting from 17 January 2025, the experience expert is available on Fridays from 13.00-16.00, tel. +358 44 7199 234.

In matters related to your personal substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation, feel free to reach out to your designated worker at the Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic or contact the clinic's office at tel. +358 9 310 49950.

The Laakso Substance Abuse Outpatient Clinic is located on the grounds of Laakso Hospital.

Contact information

Lääkärinkatu 8 F, 00250 Helsinki Show accessibility information View location on service map

Valid for the time being:
– Mon-Fri 8.00-16.00 by appointment
– Sat-Sun closed

Finnish
P.O. Box 6600, 00099 City of Helsinki

Location

Lääkärinkatu 8 F, 00250 Helsinki
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Reitti pääsisäänkäynnille

  • Lääkärikadulla on maksullisia pysäköintipaikkoja, pysäköintipaikalta noin 100m
  • Saattoliikenne voi pysähtyä, ulko-oven läheisyyteen (B-porras ja G-porras, G-portaasta pääsee hissillä, mikäli ei mahdollisuutta portaiden käyttöön)

The route to the main entrance

  • The pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement.
  • The route to the entrance is guided, smooth and sufficiently wide and illuminated.

The main entrance

  • The entrance stands out clearly and is illuminated.
  • In connection with the entrance, there are at least 4 steps, with handrails on one side.
  • The doors connected to the entrance stand out clearly. Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair. The door is heavy or otherwise hard to open.
  • The entrance has thresholds over 2 cm high.
  • The foyer is cramped.

Pääsisäänkäynti

  • Pääsisäänkäynti F - rapusta ei mahdollista sisäänkäyntiä pyörätuolilla. Silloin sisäänkäynti tulee tehdä G-portaan ovesta, jossa myös tilava hissi.

In the facility

  • The customer service point is located on floor 4.
  • For moving around, there is a lift, which can hold a wheelchair; the door opens easily manually. The floor numbers in the lift cannot be felt with fingers. The button for the exit floor stands out from the other buttons. (The minimum dimensions for an accessible lift are width 1.1 m and depth 1.4 m.)
  • The customer service point has directions to the different facilities.
  • The doors in the customer service point stand out clearly.
  • The waiting room of the customer service point has no queue number system. The waiting room has chairs.
  • The customer service point has an accessible toilet on floor 4.