Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Centre
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The Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Centre, or SDATC , is a governmental organization providing drug abuse
treatment
and rehabilitation
services. SDATC is the only government-supported centre in Shanghai
and was established in 1997 on the approval of Shanghai Narcotic Control Commission and Shanghai Public Health Bureau.
SDATC is one of the departments of Shanghai Mental Health Center
(SMHC), which is one of the largest and more comprehensive mental health
institutions in China. SMHC has multi-functions including prevention, clinical, teaching and training, research, supervision, etc.
Participation in the network will promote information exchange and enhance clinical and research skills. It will provide more collaborative possibilities with other international institutions and build the organization's good reputation. By participating, the personnel will share research, clinical and other professional resources with the network. It can participate actively in the program initiated by the network and can contribute in whatever it can to achieve the goals of the network.
Drug abuse
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent. The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts...
treatment
Drug treatment
Drug treatment may refer to:*the treatment of illness with pharmaceutical drugs*Drug rehabilitation, the treatment of substance dependence/drug addiction*Drug Treatment, an album by by the Japanese band Kuroyume...
and rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation
Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines...
services. SDATC is the only government-supported centre in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
and was established in 1997 on the approval of Shanghai Narcotic Control Commission and Shanghai Public Health Bureau.
SDATC is one of the departments of Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Shanghai Mental Health Center , also known as Shanghai Psychological Consultative Center, is a hospital in Shanghai focusing on mental disorders treatment. It was founded in 1935, as Puci Rehabilitation Hospital. It was formerly called Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital...
(SMHC), which is one of the largest and more comprehensive mental health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
institutions in China. SMHC has multi-functions including prevention, clinical, teaching and training, research, supervision, etc.
Goals
The organizational goals are:- To provide treatment and other services to drug users
- To train university students, doctors from other national areas, postgraduate students, continuing education courses, and other specific training programs in the field of drug dependence and treatmentDrug treatmentDrug treatment may refer to:*the treatment of illness with pharmaceutical drugs*Drug rehabilitation, the treatment of substance dependence/drug addiction*Drug Treatment, an album by by the Japanese band Kuroyume...
. - To promote and develop research on drug treatment through the participation in various programs financed by national and international foundations.
- To interact with the local communities in the promotion of anti-drug activities
- To be involved as consultants in policy making process regarding drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Services
Shanghai Drug Abuse Treatment Centre provides a variety of drug treatment services ranging from:- MethadoneMethadoneMethadone is a synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients with opioid dependency. It was developed in Germany in 1937...
tapering detoxification - Medical treatment for other physical and psychiatric conditions
- RelapseRelapseRelapse, in relation to drug misuse, is resuming the use of a drug or a dependent substance after one or more periods of abstinence. The term is a landmark feature of both substance dependence and substance abuse, which are learned behaviors, and is maintained by neuronal adaptations that mediate...
prevention - Group therapyGroup therapyGroup psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group...
- HIV/AIDSHIV/AIDS in ChinaAn HIV/AIDS pandemic exists in territories controlled by the People's Republic of China . Much of the current spread of the human immunodeficiency virus in the PRC has been through intravenous drug use and prostitution. In the PRC, the number of people affected by HIV has been estimated at between...
prevention education - Family education
- HotlineHotlineIn telecommunication, a hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook...
counseling
Participation in the network will promote information exchange and enhance clinical and research skills. It will provide more collaborative possibilities with other international institutions and build the organization's good reputation. By participating, the personnel will share research, clinical and other professional resources with the network. It can participate actively in the program initiated by the network and can contribute in whatever it can to achieve the goals of the network.