GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN
 
Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein
Bismarckallee 1-3
23795 Bad Segeberg
Phone: +39-4551-8830
Fax: +39-4551-883209

HAMBURG
 
Next to the KAV there is an out-patient clinic that prescribes methadone: Palette e. V., which has several branches amongst others IGLU (for children whose parents abuse drugs) IHHD (self help group), Parent- and relativesinitiative, Palé (bar / restaurant, a joint venture with Lerchenhof Handwerkgenossenschaft St. Pauli e.G.), Akupuncturetreatment
Palette e.V. is a member of "Fachverband Ambulante Therapie Hamburg", Deutsche Aidshilfe and Akzept e.V.
 

Palette 1
 
The centre treats 500 patients and its staff contains 50 members, amongst them doctors, educators, psychologists, social workers. The treatment philosophy of Palette is one of harm-reduction and acceptance.
 
The centre offers:
-Both detoxification and maintenance programmes
-medical care
-social assistance
-take-home dose
-psycho-therapy
-acupuncture, which can diminish the effects withdrawal and need for drugs. free for patients of Palette
-Hapkido, soccer, volleyball
-women groups, music groups, art therapy groups
-child care
-buildings are wheel chair friendly
 
The centre demands:
-mandatory meeting with social work
Violence and dealing with methadone can get a patient expelled from treatment
 
Address:
Palette 1
Bartelsstr. 12 (Schanzenviertel)
20357 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-4302590 for appointments call Monday to Friday between 10.00 and 18.00 hours
Fax: +49-40-4302580
Hours of opening: Monday from 12.00 till 18.00 hours; Tuesday from 14.00 till 19.00 hours; Wednesday from 14.00 till 18.00 hours; Thursday from 14.00 till 19.00 hours and Friday from 14.00 till 18.00 hours
 
Next to German also Dutch, English and Spanish spoken by staff.

Palette 2
Paulinenallee 32 (im Hof)
20259 Hamburg - Eimsbüttel
Phone: +49-4399071
Fax: +49-4391206

Palette 3
Schillerstrasse 44 (fifth floor)
22767 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-3805389
Fax: +49-40-3893518

Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Hamburg
Humboldstrasse 56
22083 Hamburg
Phone: +49-40-228020
Fax: +49-40-22802420