The new centres of the anti drug agency tried 129 patients in its first ten months of activity.

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MadridFebruary. 2013- Minister of health of the community of Madrid, Javier Fernández-Fuenlabrada, together with the Managing Director of the anti-drug agency, Almudena Pérez, visited the two new residential treatment centers drug addicts (CRTD) of the agency drug. These devices provide intensive detoxification and addiction treatment to patients who cannot be treated outpatients and require a residential scheme, as well as a day centre to complete their therapeutic process.

The first residential treatment centre to addicts (CRTD1), launched a year ago, has 40 places for entry, including places for children, with circuit and separate spaces, and other 20 places in day Centre scheme, so that 60 patients can receive treatment simultaneously. The community of Madrid will allocate, over the next three years, 8.1 million euros to finance the activity of these centres.

From March 1 to December 31, 2012, this Center has served 129 patients, of whom 5 were minor. On the other hand, has recently launched the second residential treatment center to drug addicts (CRTD 2) has 20 places for entry, which include seats for pregnant women or with children under three years, ensuring the care of the child while the mother is in treatment, and other 20 places in regime of day centre.

These two residential drug treatment centers are located in the municipality of Madrid in an environment hospitable and integrated into the health care network of the anti-drug agency. Centers have medicine, psychiatry, clinical psychology, nursing, and occupational therapy services and works according to a specific clinical management project based on consideration of drug dependence as a disease and personalized treatment, according to the characteristics and needs of the patient.

Individualized therapeutic plans

Treatments are based on therapeutic plans individual with a health focus and more intensive attention that allow faster recovery processes, adapted to the new profile of the patient addict (in 1990 the heroine appeared as main drug consumer in 96% of cases while the main drug that medical treatment is currently cocaINA.)

this Assistential offer aimed at detoxification, diagnosis in withdrawal confirmation, care and smoking, patients severely Decompensated drug offer the same benefits to children and women, according to the criteria set out in the profile of income, such as develop a disorder of one or more drugnot suffering from an organic pathology requiring specialized and priority attention to detoxification and demonstrate commitment with abstinence among others.

After detoxification, the patient may complete its process of cessation in regime of income or start the treatment at the day Center and, in other cases, the addict may be discharged and derived your center of Integral attention to drug addicts (CAID) reference to continue outpatient treatment.

Relief of the anti-drug agency

Attention addicts is organized around 33 centers of Integral attention to drug addicts (CAID) that exist in the community of Madrid. They are centers of ambulatory character and constitute the basis of attention to the addict and his family. More than 95% of the patients drug addicts of the healthcare network are treated in outpatient.

Moreover, the anti-drug agency has residential scheme resources as people today visit the Minister of health and residential support resources located in different areas of the community of Madrid (flats) and whose mission support addicts patients while performing your treatment in the Outpatient Center.

More than 20,000 patients a year

The healthcare network to the addict attended 22.022 patients in the year 2011, of which 22% were diagnosed dual pathology. 32% Of the total was in treatment with opiate substitutes (methadone). Residential resources 431 patients were attended and 330 needed convivenciales resources in support of the treatment.

Attention to the addict care network has served during the year in centres and placement services, 412 patients attending classroom educational and 765 to professional training workshops. On the other hand the working partner orientation Center attended 1.063 patients, of which 30,95% achieved employment, thus fulfilling one of the objectives of the anti-drug agency such as the rehabilitation of the addict once deshabituado.