- THE NETHERLANDS; NOORD-BRABANT
- KENTRON (Province of Northern Brabant)
- The centre employs 136 professionals: 3 doctors, 1
psychiatrist, 16 nurses, 5 psychologists, 65 social workers, 6 educators, 26
administrators, 9 managers and 5 people involved in maintenance. The average dose of
methadone prescribe is 30-40 mg.
- The treatment philosophy is based upon harm
reduction, offering maintenance and detoxification treatment. the out-patient unit treats
3500 patients, the in-patient unit 250. There is a waiting list of 25 to 30 people.
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- The centre offers:
- - medical car- social assistance
- - other medication
- - psychiatric care
- - psycho-therapy
- - detoxification through Naltrexon in combination
with psycho and social therapy
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- In case of methadone substitution the centre
demands urine checks.
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- Non-attendance and violence can get patient
expelled from treatment.
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- Procedures for taking patient on a permanent
basis:
- - evidence that patient lives in the working area
of Kentron
- - information on treatment history and background
of client
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- Procedures for taking patient for a short time:
- The centre needs to be informed beforehand by
phone or fax.
- The patient has to bring a letter of his doctor
mentioning:
- - identity
- - dose and period for which methadone is requested
- - references
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- The maximum duration of treatment is three weeks.
- There are no costs involved.
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- Address:
- Kentron
- Postbus 2166
- 4800 CD Breda
- Phone: +31-76-5227288
- Fax: +31-76-5217138
- Contact person: C. JOORE
- Hours of opening: Monday till Friday from 8.30
till 17.00 hours
- NOVADIC - Netwerk voor Verslavingszorg
- Co-ordinating address for the province of Northern
Brabant (cities of Oederrode, Den Bosch, Eindhoven and Helmond):
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- The network employs doctors, psychiatrists,
nurses, educators, social workers and administrators who are treating the patients in
their region. There is no maximum number of patients that can be treated.
- The network's philosophy is harm reduction and
rehabilitation, offering detoxification and maintenance programmes in a low threshold
approach. The average dose of methadone prescribed is 70 mg.
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- The network offers:
- - medical care
- - social assistance
- - day and night shelters
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- The network demands:
- - daily attendance
- - urine checks
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- Non-attendance and violence can get patient
expelled from treatment.
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- Procedures for taking in patient for a short
period of time:
- the centre of the network has to be informed
beforehand by phone, fax or letter.
- The information needed is:
- - identity
- - treatment history
- - dose and period for which methadone is requested
- - references
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- There are no costs involved.
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- There is no different procedure for patients that
want to enter the programme on a permanent basis.
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- Address:
- Novadic, Netwerk voor verslavingszorg
- Schijndelseweg 46
- 5491 TB Sint Oederrode
- Phone: +31-413-485858
- Fax: +31-413-479384
- Website: www.novadic.nl
(all in Dutch)
- E-mail: novadic@novadic.nl
- Contact person: R. HERMANIDES
- Hours of opening: from 8.30 till 17.00 hours
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- The following addresses in the towns of Den Bosch,
Eindhoven and Helmond are under supervision of the main office in Sint Oederrode and are
handling the same set of treatment philosophy.
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- Novadic, Ambulante Zorg Den Bosch
(out-patient unit)
- Havensingel 18
- 5211 TX 's-Hertogenbosch
- Phone: +31-73-6125244
- Fax: +31-73-6148859
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- Novadic, Ambulante Zorg Eindhoven
(out-patient unit)
- Tongelresestraat 12
- 5613 DN Eindhoven
- Phone: +31-40-2446202
- Fax: +31-40-2457140
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- Novadic, Dagopvang Helmond (Day care
centre)
- Kasteel Traverse 102
- 5701 NR Helmond
- Phone: +31-492-550171
- Fax: +31-492-536578