Treatment
Επιμόρφωση, πρόληψη και ευαισθητοποίηση των πολιτών για την προβληματική ενασχόληση και τον εθισμό στο στοίχημα
Supporting programs
Apart from providing information and guidance on issues related to gambling problems and providing education regarding responsible gaming, the website also cooperates with organizations and services providing counselling and treatment in respect of problems caused by various types of addiction. These organisations and services have Advisors with specialized education, appropriate training and expertise to address addiction problems of all forms. The organisations and services provide the opportunity to meet their Advisors in order to provide personalized assistance and support on the issues that concern you. Through the programs and treatment interventions offered, they can support and assist people who are engaged in betting and gambling activities, as well as their family members.
The website’s aim is to inform the public and raise awareness on betting addiction and also serves as a link to services and treatment and rehabilitation programs in respect of gambling.
As a result, whenever you feel that you are experiencing a serious problem, contact the specialised Advisors by calling 1454 or 1456.
PERSEAS Counselling Centre for Adolescents & Family
The PERSEAS Counselling Centre for Adolescents and Family responds to the particular needs of every adolescent/young adult who is up to 22 of age as well as his family, through group and personalized, intensive or short-term interventions. Its goal is for every family member to be able to evolve and acquire more effective ways of communication and relationships, as well as useful parenting and life skills. Treatment programs aim at intervening as fast as possible to stop an adolescent/young adult from becoming dependent on drugs or alcohol or other addictive behaviours (gambling/internet).
Short-Term Intervention Program
It is targeted at experimental/occasional users of substances and their families. The aim is to give young people the opportunity to make choices and reflect on and change their attitude towards the use of addictive substances. It also has the following goals:
- Enhancement and support of the family system
- Development and establishment of operational relationships based on communication
- Creating and strengthening parental alliance
Duration: 3-6 months
Intensive Care Program
It is aimed at adolescents and young adults with systemic use, as well as their parents (there are 2 parallel programs which run separately for parents and adolescents and young adults).
OBJECTIVES:
- Abstention and stabilization of abstinence
- Developing a responsible attitude and autonomy of the adolescent/young adult
- Personal development of the adolescent/young adult
- Individual targets for parents and adolescents/young adults:
- Developing relapse prevention skills
- Accepting limits, assuming responsibilities and tasks
- Developing interests, healthy entertainment, relationships, educational and professional skills
- Developing emotional management skills
- Redefining roles and family hierarchy
- Development of substance-deterrent skills
- Facilitating the delineation of relationships between children and parents
- Facilitating the smooth outcome of adolescence and autonomy of the adolescent/young adult
Duration: 6 – 9 months (average frequency 2-3 sessions weekly)
Multiple Intervention Centre, Mental Health Services of the Ministry of Health (MIC)
The Multiple Intervention Centre provides a treatment program for pathological gambling. The goal is to implement and maintain complete abstinence from any gambling behaviour and to develop a healthy lifestyle, away from addictions.
The program is addressed to:
- Adults over the age of 22 who are at the stage of loss, who spend more and more time gambling and who are gradually starting to lose control
- Adults over the age of 22 who have lost control and gambling has started to take over their everyday life
- Family members or friends of the person facing gambling problems, in order to provide support and mobilize the person who has a problem to ask for treatment
The services are offered with absolute confidentiality and anonymity and are supported by a properly staffed group with training and professional skills in the field of addictions (psychologists, mental health nurses, occupational therapists).
The services are provided free of charge to everyone.
The treatment program which is followed, addresses pathological gambling as a bio-psychosocial phenomenon.
