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Category: Healthdock

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Published: 01 November 2023

Application for admission: (by telephone only)

mobile: 06-30-983-74-70

Health Dock Addiction Centre and Adolescent Crisis Centre

8000 Székesfehérvár, Mártírok útja 2. 1.floor.

Descriptor:

Dear Interested Party!

On behalf of the EGÉSZSÉGDOKK Public Benefit Foundation, I would like to introduce you to our Children and Youth Dictation Rehabilitation Institute in Székesfehérvár, opened on 1 September 2021.

The institution accepts girls and boys aged 12-18 years old into its residential addiction and psychiatric rehabilitation programme, which lasts 3-6 months, according to an individual plan. The rehabilitation home is located in the city centre of Székesfehérvár.

The rehabilitation programme uses elements of cognitive behavioural therapy, schema therapy, dynamic brief therapy and the Portage programme, as well as experiential education elements to enrich everyday life.

School education is an important part of the programme, and our beneficiaries can progress through the curriculum (depending on their condition) with the help of a teacher. If necessary, and if the condition of the person concerned so warrants, it is necessary to apply for private tutor status, for which our institution will provide a specialist opinion.

In parallel with the programme, family therapy with relatives completes the rehabilitation of children and adolescents.

The admission and pre-screening of people who need our services is carried out in our outpatient paediatric and adolescent outpatient department. The screening includes a motivational interview, HIV, Hepatitis screening and a chest X-ray. In addition, a psychiatrist and a clinical psychologist will determine whether participation in the rehabilitation programme is justified.

If you would like to delegate a patient to us, please contact our colleagues:

Contacts:

HEALTH DOCUMENTS Central number: +36-30-983-7470

Elf Perger Head of Department +36-30-585-0365

Mária Czere-Ambrus Professional Manager +36-30-396-3635

Dr. Péter Steiner Child psychiatrist

Dr. Réka Bárdosi Child psychiatrist, psychotherapist This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

With thanks: the HEALTH DOCKS team

Therapeutic programme information, requirements for stages:

Section 1: INPUT:

3 days
choosing a room, bed, getting to know the rooms
learning the rules, policies
assigning a mentor, first mentoring interview
making a coat of arms
the tenant must not go anywhere alone, nor stay in a room alone
Stage 2: New ONC

1 month
separation: cannot go out, 1X visit possible
rules, agenda, 2 areas of responsibility, writing a self-evaluation
statement of therapeutic goal, written elaboration
writing a life story, drawing a personal timeline
Completing the Scheme Questionnaire
10 Preparing a diary note
participation in thematic groups
planning and practising school participation
accurate management of daily evaluators
Stage 3: BROWN

1-3 months
planning the first outbound (3 hours): financial plan, planning meetings, activities, implementation, evaluation on return
planning the second outbound (6 hours): financial plan, planning meetings, activities, implementation, evaluation on return
planning the third output (12 hours): financial plan, planning meetings, activities, implementation, evaluation on return
planning the fourth outgoing (24 hours): financial plan, planning meetings, activities, implementation, evaluation on return
10 Preparing a diary note
participation in thematic groups
successful completion of all areas of responsibility, writing a self-assessment of the areas of responsibility
school attendance, fulfilment of requirements, progress with the curriculum
accurate management of daily evaluators
attend at least 1 family therapy session: not compulsory with the parent, can be the most important contact
help with the orientation of NEWCOMERS
change of stage is possible after a successful application and a stage examination (see stage change procedure document)
Section 4: MESTER

1-2 months
planning of the fifth outgoing (48 hours): financial plan, planning meetings, activities, implementation, evaluation on return
24-hour outgoing calls on request and on schedule, on demand, but up to 1X per week
planning and running breakfast groups under the supervision of 24, as weekly leader
planning and running evening groups under the supervision of 24, as weekly leader
attending the new residents' welcome interview, asking questions, explaining the house rules and therapeutic regime
planning and running 1 recreational programme (excursion, sports, cultural programme, etc.): idea, in consultation with the community, financial plan, itinerary, planning the trip, time schedule, and writing an evaluation after the programme - successes and difficulties in planning and running the programme
attend at least 1 family therapy session: not compulsory with the parent, can be the most important contact
10 Preparing a diary note
accurate management of daily evaluators
writing a final evaluation of the therapy under the guidance of the mentor
Writing a 1-year plan based on specific criteria, with guidance from a mentor
end of therapy, farewell, moving out, starting aftercare (if needed)
The change between phases is at the request of the resident, not automatic. A team of a mentor, a daytime colleague and a MESTER resident will judge the change of section based on the tasks completed by the resident.

In the case of a breach of the rules (the list of rules is sorted by severity in a separate document), the resident will be downgraded to the previous phase. In the case of a serious breach of the rules, the resident will be discharged from therapy.

House Rules

No psychoactive substances (drugs, alcohol, mind-altering substances of any kind) may be used on the premises during therapy (except for medication prescribed by a doctor and taken as prescribed).
It is forbidden to bring the same substances onto the premises of the institution
Leaving the institution only with the knowledge and permission of the staff member (may result in exclusion)
All forms of physical abuse are prohibited
All forms of verbal abuse are prohibited
Smoking is allowed only in designated areas. If you bring tobacco products into the institution, you must hand them in to the staff and ask for them from mentor 24 according to your individual plan.
You can only go out to smoke according to your individual plan, always in a group, with the permission of a member of staff
You must hand in your razor, scissors, tweezers and all other cutting tools to Mentor 24, and you can only get them back when you leave.
Always keep to the timetable, arrive on time for sessions
Take care of order and cleanliness
Take care of the integrity of tools and equipment
Participate actively in the sessions as much as you can
No sexual relations of any kind within the institution
Pack up after a meal
Make your bed every morning and tidy up after yourself
The person in charge of cleaning may ask you to improve your work, accept their request
The person in charge of the dishwashing and kitchen may ask you to improve your work, accept their request
Respect your partner's tools, clothes, room, bed, don't touch them
Mobile phone use is only allowed during designated times. Phones are kept in the safe, you can get them at the designated time
Taking photos and videos of your colleagues and sharing them on any social media platform is strictly prohibited
Taking photos and videos of the institution and sharing them on any social media platform is strictly prohibited

Order of the visit

Visits to our institution are every 2 weeks, on Saturdays. The visit should be arranged in advance: the resident should contact the day care colleague, the mentor or parents can also contact the central number: 06-30-097-5922, between 8.00-16.00. The visit can last up to 1 hour and a maximum of 2 people can visit a resident at the same time. Please always plan your visit, and let the staff know by Wednesday morning at the latest who and when you will be visiting (to plan the Saturday programme).

Order of outgoing goods

As specified in the Therapy Plan, residents should plan for 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 hour outings, depending on their stage of therapy. Outings and visitors cannot be planned for the same week, so please keep in constant consultation with your mentor regarding outings and visitors. A minimum of 2 weeks must elapse between 3, 6 and 12 hour outings. You can only go out on the basis of an outbound request and outbound plan. At the Wednesday staff meeting, the outgoing applications that will be considered are those that the resident has already agreed with his/her mentor, as the mentor must present and comment on the outgoing plan at the staff meeting.

The rules on smoking cigarettes

Smoking (including electric cigarettes) is strictly prohibited inside the building (including the living rooms). Smoking is allowed only in designated smoking areas. The cigarette butts must be placed in the collection container, and it is forbidden to pollute the living environment with cigarette butts. The current rules allow 15 cigarettes a day. Smoking is only allowed with a roommate and a staff member. You cannot go outside to smoke during occupation, group, cleaning, you have to wait for the common break. Residents are not allowed to carry any tobacco products. Every time a resident smokes, a staff member 24 will give out cigarettes to the residents, and after a cigarette break, everyone must hand in any remaining tobacco products.

How to take the medicine

All medicines and medicinal products are kept locked away by our staff. Residents are not allowed to have medicines, pharmaceuticals or vitamins. Please inform our staff of any such products, and residents should not take vitamins without the knowledge of staff. Medication, medicinal products and vitamins must be taken in the presence of the staff member when dispensing medication, and it is strictly forbidden to take them away.

Order of the stage change

See requirements and procedure for changing section in the document

Principles

Respect for each other and colleagues
Willingness to help
Love and acceptance
Openness
Responsibility for community and development
Active participation in therapy
Compliance with rules and frameworks
Learning is important: grow, ask questions, ask for help
Take the tasks given to you by your colleagues seriously, they serve your development

Category: Healthdock

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Published: 01 November 2023

The Health Dock Charitable Foundation is an organisation for everyone who wants to be HEALTHY.

You are free to live a pure, value-centred, love-free life. You are valuable with all your faults. You are worthy of love, you are important to us. There is something you are talented and skilled at, wherever you come from. Whatever your grades at school, you are a valued person.

You were born into the world, so you have the right to enjoy the beauty of life, to laugh, to be honest, to release your anxieties. You have a place among us and in the world. You're REAL!

Our story

Between 2006 and 2010, during our youth work in Gárdony, we felt the need to create the Health Dock. From time to time, the Gárdony Reformed Congregation Youth Group was joined by several people who were seeking refuge and acceptance in our community because their lives had turned into some kind of bad life practice.

The Foundation was created primarily for them, so that they can find themselves in the community that is being formed, and get answers to their problems if they have already tried a mind-altering drug or become a substance abuser. And to experience how they can have a full life without drugs.

At the same time, we welcome anyone who wants to be part of a community based on acceptance and respect for each other, and to learn about themselves and others.

Our personal motivation lies in our God-given vocation for this work, as well as the recovered addiction history of our professional leader Gábor Gönczi.

Our staff carry out their work with a Christian approach and values, in harmony with professional and ethical considerations.

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Published: 14 December 2021

Ászáf course 2019.09.20-22.

TRANSFER COURSE in Kiskunfélegyháza!

We invite you to visit us between 20 and 22 September 2019.

for the Asaph course!

If you have been with us before, but have not been on an Asaph course,
if you have enjoyed your stay with us and have already been on an Asaph course,

or you have never been here before and would like to take an Asaph course,

then come and see us!

Invite or send your friends and acquaintances too!
Please also forward the attached invitation, poster and link to them,

or, if you have the opportunity, in your community and parish

advertise/advertise!

The aim of the course is to develop in each of us a "praising heart", which

wants to praise the Lord without ceasing. The course is addressed to all those who

long for a more passionate praise and deeper knowledge of the Lord,

so it is not just for worship leaders or those who serve in worship.

We believe that the few days we spend in praising and worshipping God,

brings personal awakening. This is the beginning of the Holy Spirit on many.

pour out his grace,

and renew His people with power!

From the course topics:

The knowledge of God, the presence of God;
forms of glorification;
freedom in praise;
praise, worship;
to hear and do the voice of God;
our calling is to glorify;
glorification as spiritual warfare;
the life of the glorifier as a sacrifice;
the alliance.

"My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready to sing and to shout!"

Zsolt 57,8

Testimony:

"I went to the course with the knowledge that I needed to praise, but my heart was full of everything that was not praise, and I wanted to get answers to those. I got much more! The Lord has shown me how to lift my eyes above my mountains of rubbish." Dr. Gyöngyi Halász, Szombathely

Course director:

László Csiszér

Coordinator:

Dr. László Varga

Start:

Friday 20 September, 17.00 -

Finish:

Sunday 22 September, 15.00 -

Location:

HEALTH DOCKS Public Benefit Foundation
ANSWER Addiction Support and Drug Prevention Centre - Conference and Mission Centre
Kiskunfélegyháza, Jókai u. 30. 6100

Eucharist course - Kiskunfélegyháza

The course is organised in collaboration with the St Ignatius School of Spirituality (http://szentignac.ujevangelizacio.hu/)
The Saint Ignatius School of Spiritual Formation was founded by Javier Silva Castaneda on 1 January 1999 in Guadalajara (Mexico, State of Jalisco). The Archbishop of Guadalajara has given the School ecclesiastical approval. The School is international, serving the whole world.

About the course

Eucharist course (weekend):
A course on spiritual life.

1.- Introduction
2.- Prefigurations in the Scriptures
3- Jesus' sacrifice (out of love, for us, for our sins, our response)
4.- The new covenant - the sacrifice of the church (its effects in our lives)
5.- How to celebrate the Eucharist (liturgy explanation)
6 - Covenant making (commitment: Jesus calls us to live in covenant with him).

Course Director: Beke Tünde-Lídia OSB OBL.
Pastor: József Zsadányi - Szentes, parish priest.

Coordinator: Dr. László Varga

Course date:

Starting Friday, 24 May 2019, 17.00;
End: Sunday 26 May 2019, 15.30 pm.

Location and accommodation:
VÁLASZ Addiction Support and Drug Prevention Centre - Conference and Mission Centre (****)
6100 - Kiskunfélegyháza, Jókai u. 30.

Bring your own scripture, pen, notebook.

Contribution:

The course fee is 7. 500,- HUF, which includes accommodation in a 6-bedded room, on a bed or mattress (you do not need to bring a sleeping bag);
meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner); extras (coffee, chocolate, fruit); and part of the technical costs.

More information:

On weekdays between 16.00 and 17.00, please contact the coordinator on +36 30 380 8535.

How to apply:

until 12 May:
- by handing in your application form AND paying the course fee, which you can do in person at the venue;
- or electronically by sending the application form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. AND by transferring the course fee to the coordinator's account (OTP 11773360-08252861-00000000). Please make sure to include your name and the name of the course in the communication).

Attention! The application becomes valid upon payment of the participation fee!

Please provide a phone number or email address so that we can give you feedback on the course. Apply if you can attend the whole course.

In memoriam Barna Ferenc Máté OP

Father Máté is the pastor in charge of the Centre for Addiction Support and Drug Prevention - Conference and Mission Centre, who has been the pastor of the institution since 1 January 2012.

A friendship forged during an evangelism course in Pannonhalma became the basis for a common missionary adventure, with a special focus on working with addicts. We got to know a special person in him, who could approach everyone with openness and interest, and could talk and discuss even the most sensitive issues with unvarnished openness, without pretence, and in accordance with the truth. He has engaged in dialogue with addicted young people, alcoholic elderly, well-dressed intellectuals, the smart and the simple. He was a man of vision, who "saw the invisible", not only in the sense that the Truth he proclaimed was in harmony with his life, but also in the sense that he saw, he saw "what dwelled in man", he saw behind the problems.

When we remember him, we can recall his strong, dominant voice, which everyone knew when he was present. His eternal smile, his serene mood, which did not let him feel embarrassed by anyone or anything he encountered.

His sermons and teachings had a special flavour. Not only because he always put an unexpected twist into the explanation of the simplest, most often heard, most commonly known gospel details, but because anyone who listened to him felt that the experience of life was in harmony with the truth he spoke. Matthew's presence, the fellowship and the time spent with him was liberating, and it was no coincidence that he was loved by all those he met at the institution. His outlook on life, his thinking, and the gospel he preached, fulfilled something of the promise: "Whosoever the Son shall make free shall be free indeed!"

Your memory will be kept alive! Thank you for all that we have received from you. We bid you farewell in the hope of the resurrection!

On behalf of the VÁLASZ team:

Judit Barbara Varga

mission leader

22-24/09 - Asaph course in Kiskunfélegyháza

The aim of the course is to develop in each of us a "praising heart" that wants to praise the Lord without ceasing. The course is for all those who desire to praise the Lord more passionately and to know Him more deeply, so it is not just for worship leaders and worship ministers. We believe that a few days spent in praising and worshipping God brings personal awakening. This is the beginning of the Holy Spirit pouring out His grace on many and renewing His people with power!

From the course topics:

Knowing God, His presence
Forms of praise
Freedom in praise
Praise, worship
To hear and do the voice of God
Our call to praise
Glorification as spiritual warfare
The life of the glorifier as a sacrifice
The association
"My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready to sing and to shout!" - Zsolt 57,8

Testimony:
"I went to the course knowing that I needed to praise, but my heart was full of everything that was not praise, and I wanted to get answers to those. I got much more! The Lord showed me to lift up my eyes above my mountains of rubbish." /Dr. Gyöngyi Halász, Szombathely/

Course Director: László Csiszér

Coordinator: Judit Barbara Varga

Pastor: Barna Máté OP

Start: 22 September 2017, Friday 17.00
Closing date: Sunday 24 September 2017, 16.00

Location:
ANSWER Addiction Support and Drug Prevention Centre - Conference and Mission Centre
6100 Kiskunfélegyháza, Jókai u. 30.

Accommodation:
The course is walk-in, but for those who need it, we can provide accommodation in rooms with 6 beds on a bed or mattress. You do NOT need to bring a sleeping bag or bed linen. Please indicate your accommodation needs in advance on the application form!

Contribution:
The course fee is HUF 6 500, which includes part of the technical costs of the course, five meals a day, extras (coffee, chocolate, fruit) and accommodation for those who need it, i.e. full board for 3 days.

Application and contact:
You can register by submitting the application form AND paying the course fee,
+ what you can do in person at the institution,
+ or electronically by sending the application form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,
+ or as described on the application page.
You can also transfer the course fee to Diána Nagy's bank account (OTP 11773322-01609231-00000000, please include your name and the name of the course in the message).

Please apply early! Only apply if you can stay present throughout the course!

Please be sure to include a phone number or email address so that we can provide you with feedback on the course. If you don't hear back, ask in the days after the deadline! If you have registered but for some reason you cannot attend, please let us know in time!

More information:
Judit Barbara Varga
Call +36 30 6420903 on weekdays between 18.00 and 21.00 on weekdays, except 28 August and 5 September.
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Application deadline: 12 September 2017, Tuesday
Application form: click HERE to download

Bring your own Bible and an open heart!

János course in Kiskunfélegyháza

It is a simple scriptural fact: Jesus chose his apostles from among his disciples, never from the crowd around him.
If this is so, how can I be a disciple?

The aim of the course is to become disciples of Jesus: disciples who want to be like him, the Master, in everything: to think like him, to judge like him, to believe like him, to forgive like him, to pray like him, to evangelize like him, to love like him, to live like him, to die like him.

The greatest honour is to be invited by Jesus to be his disciple, because he does not teach doctrine, but teaches us to live: to live with him, to be in intimate relationship with him, like his beloved disciple John, who was able to lay his head on his bosom.

From the topics of the course

Jesus' plan for discipleship;
The relationship between Master and disciple;
A day with Jesus;
The six relationships of the disciple;
The discipleship method of Jesus;
Our mission is...
It is enough for a disciple to be like his Master. (Mt 10,25)

Course director:
Dr. László Varga

Coordinator:
Lívia Szalkainé Ferencsik

Other team members:
Pastor: Barna Máté OP

Start:
Saturday 24 June 2017, 17.00

Finish:
1 July 2017, Saturday 17.00

Location:
ANSWER Addiction Support and Drug Prevention Centre - Conference and Mission Centre
6100 Kiskunfélegyháza, Jókai u. 30.

Accommodation:
The course is residential, we can provide accommodation in rooms with 6 beds (bring a sleeping bag only). Please indicate your accommodation needs on the application form!

Contribution:
The course contribution is 15 000 HUF, which includes part of the technical costs of the course, 5 meals a day, extras (coffee, chocolate, fruit), accommodation, i.e. full board for 8 days.

More information:
On weekdays between 10.00 and 12.00 and after 20.00, please contact Lívia Ferencsik Szalkain at + 36/30 964 44 03.

Application deadline:
Saturday, 10 June 2017

Index number/ID:
EN-17-24

Emmaus course in Kiskunfélegyháza

It is from meeting God and getting to know him that a happy life flows.

God can be known. He is not a silent person, but a talkative person with something to say. A life-giving message. Do you hear God speaking to you? Jesus is the word of God to us. The Emmaus Course is an introduction to the Word of God - the Word of God - to give us life by reading, listening, following, living it.

In this course, we will walk the journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus, so that we too may have our hearts set aflame by the fire of God's Word.

This course will change our relationship with the Word. If you don't read daily, or if you feel you don't understand what you read, or if you don't know the Word well enough, come! We are waiting for you! The Word of God can set your heart on fire in this course, because it carries God.

From the course topics:

The Emmaus Road
Seven images of the Word
The seven effects of the Word
Covenanting with the Word
Synagogue of Israel
Emmaus Eucharist
Speak, O Lord, let your servant hear. - 1 Samuel 3,10

Course director:
Dr. László Varga

Coordinator:
Ditta Nagy Sominé

Other team members:
Pastor: Barna Máté OP

Start:
Friday 28 April 2017, 17.00

Finish:
30 April 2017, Sunday 16.00 -

Location:
ANSWER Addiction Support and Drug Prevention Centre - Conference and Mission Centre
6100 Kiskunfélegyháza, Jókai u. 30.

Accommodation:
The course is residential, for locals, we provide free accommodation in rooms with 6 beds (bring a sleeping bag only). Please indicate your accommodation needs in advance on the application form!

Contribution:
The contribution is HUF 5 500, which includes part of the technical costs of the course, five meals a day, extras (coffee, chocolate, fruit), accommodation if required, i.e. full board for 3 days.

Application deadline:
Sunday, 16 April 2017

Bring it with you:
full Scripture and your open heart

More information:
For more information, contact the coordinator at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or call +36 70 4539018 on weekdays, mainly between 10.00 and 14.00.

Index number/ID:
EN-17-23

03/03/2017 Changing world - changing materials presentation

We cordially invite you to an open lecture entitled "Changing world - changing materials" with Gábor Gönczi, the professional head of EGÉSZSÉGDOKK.

Themes planned:

The emergence of new psychoactive substances in society.
Easy access to new agents.
Psychoactive drugs are a drug of abuse among minors.
The mechanisms of addiction.
The relationship between family socialisation and drug dependence.

Date: 03. 03. 2017 (Friday) 18:00
Venue: House of Generations, Gárdony, Gárdonyi G. u. 1.

Ex-drug addicts have been through hell

FEOL.hu - Once addicted to drugs, they now help addicts who want to become sober.

The Health Dock Drug Outpatient Clinic also employs people who were regular drug users a few years ago. Some work there as volunteers, others full-time.

Vilmos Bozóki's job consists of welcoming clients, talking to them a little, and doing the housework. The 25-year-old first tried mind-altering drugs at the age of 12.

- What you need to know is that there are three phases of substance abuse: the "party is on", the "trouble is on" and the "I'm done" phase. It took me 11 years to get fed up. Over the years I have lost everything, even my family. At the very end I was homeless. I did not take myself into account. And to survive, I stole, cheated and lied", says Vilmos, who finally went to rehab at the age of 23:

- My case was interesting because I first asked for help without wanting to stop using drugs completely. I thought so: Okay, I'll go to rehab, put on a few pounds, and keep doing what I was doing. But when I got the right help, I realised it was better to stay sober.

Vilmos Bozóki and Frigyes Fülöp went through hell, but managed to get back on their feet. The young men are currently working at the Health Dock Drug Outpatient Clinic in Székesfehérvár.

According to Vilmos, it is much better when addicts can consult former drug users instead of doctors and psychologists. This makes identification much easier, and the now sober advisers are also more credible in the eyes of those who need help. Frigyes Fülöp, who works as a therapy worker at the drug outpatient clinic, feels the same way. It provides individual counselling, drug prevention and school lectures, as well as dealing with subsidised housing for people who have quit drugs. In fact, he even played a huge role in the beautification of the drug outpatient clinic. Frigyes first tried speed when he was 13 years old. The former addict was interested in drugs and his parents worked a lot.

- There came a break in my life. Three guys in my group of friends killed a man. Naturally, I was taken to the police, but it soon became clear that I had nothing to do with it. After I got out of the police station, the situation became even worse. I became a heroin addict. I managed to keep it a secret at home for a while, but it became a police matter, so my parents found out. At first my mum and dad tried to help me, but they didn't succeed. A popular doctor advised them to throw me out of their home so I would repent my sins, but they didn't. I moved to Budapest to live with a dealer and did drugs for 15 years.

Frederick got into trouble several times, committed crimes, spent three years in prison, and eventually became homeless himself. In the last 3-4 years of his addiction, he has been trying to consciously stop using. He has been in several rehabilitation centres, but there were also medical institutions where he was turned away because he was a heroin addict.

- I had a lot of negatives, for example towards the end of my addiction I broke the syringe in my right hand. I almost had to have my arm cut off, so I had five or six operations. After I got clean, I was haunted by my old crimes, my health deteriorated, my kidneys shut down, my stomach bled. I am still paying one major debt to this day. "You can't just undo 15 years of drugs," says Frigyes, who is now doing well.

Drug addiction is a complex issue

According to Zsolt Balcsik-Tamás, President of the Egészségdokk Public Benefit Foundation, addiction is a complex set of problems that affects the whole existence of the addict, i.e. health, psychological state and social relations, in addition to the financial ones. To really help patients, there must be an expert for each part of the problem. In addition to doctors, psychologists, legal advisers and social workers, former addicts can also work with clients.
Written by: Laci Patrícia

Photo by Viktor Koppán

Source: FEOL.hu

You carry the cross of addiction for the rest of your life

FEOL.hu - How do you get to the point where heroin is your only friend, and what makes you find your way back to real life? - The brutally honest interviews in the documentary We're Rebuilding answer these questions, among others.

Attila Ferecz is thirty-three years old, newly married, working in an advertising agency. Gábor Gönczi is a married father of two children, head of the Health Dock Drug Outpatient Clinic. Tímea Kiss-Lukasik has turned forty-three and is currently a member of the Stop Group - they are like everyone else: they have families, loved ones and jobs. But the road they have taken to get here is bumpier than most. Together with Gábor Wenhardt, in his twenties, and Péter Józsa, in his thirties, they have all been through hell. They were drug addicts.

Or, as Kristóf Novák, the director and creator of the documentary film We are being built, says, they still are. Because there is no cure, the best the addict can do is to stop using drugs.

- The aim of the film We are building up is multifaceted. On the one hand, I wanted to tell the drug users who are still active today that there is no situation from which they cannot recover. On the other hand, the interviews have the unconcealed intention of shading the picture of addicts. Public perceptions of drug use are very extreme. You could say that society stigmatises drug users. I also hope that the film can be used for preventive purposes, because the truth is, in my opinion, the most we can show a teenager," explains Kristóf, who was surprised himself during the making of the film how honestly his interviewees talk about the past and share their recovery stories. Slips, no embellishments.

Tímea - this enlightened, mature woman - confesses to manipulating men with sex to get her drugs.
Gábor Gönczi embezzled, stole and robbed when he had to. Another tried to break into his friend's flat, under the influence of drugs, because of a fantasy. They have caused accidents, unwanted pregnancies and accumulated debts. Some were held at gunpoint, others spent the night in a stairwell, making a bed out of doormats, knowing that the only companion they had left in life was heroin.

The reasons vary: some people's parents were alcoholics, others were driven to the depths by a hunger for love, but there are also people who had everything free. And, of course, there is also curiosity. Most have followed a traditional drug career, progressing gradually from lighter drugs to hard mind-altering drugs.

- In one hand I was carrying a tray of shots, in the other I had pills. After an evening like that, I was taken straight from detox to my mother's. It was the first few hours in months that I had nothing inside me. I begged him to help me, crying - Gábor Wenhardt confesses in the film about one of his awakenings.

The first clear weeks were hard for everyone. Some people could not sleep and were plagued by epileptic fits. Withdrawal symptoms are, as they say, always testing.

- Recovering addicts face their past every day. Some people's whole lives revolve around this, those who have been clean for 10-20 years spend only a few minutes or hours of their twenty-four to reflect. They are constantly being built.

But how? They tell us about this too. Their narratives show that the risk of relapse is high even months after withdrawal.

- Information can be passed on quickly. To convey value, to teach people self-knowledge - that takes at least a year - explains Gábor Gönczi, who today works with his fellow migrants as a specialist.

Even after this, the chances of relapse are not low: you have to go back to a completely different environment to start afresh, not to be reminded of the drug.

Some people also draw strength from faith. In fact, during therapy, when they felt like nobody, it finally helped them to hold on to the idea that there is someone who can forgive, God.

- The film debuted last week and since then I've received a lot of positive feedback. The only thing the audience reacted strangely to was the question of faith. But you cannot leave this out of the story. For some of them, it is still a source of strength, part of their ongoing recovery," says Kristóf, who hopes that the film will reach all those it can help. Whether it is in recovery or in making a responsible decision when they are first offered drugs.

Written by: Lilla Sebestyén

Source: FEOL.hu

Suffer-Live! - Drug treatment home in Ráckeresztúr (video)

Ráckeresztúr... One of the first drug treatment homes in the country is here. Where young men can get professional and human help to break free from drug addiction.

Category: Healthdock

Read Time: 9 mins

Published: 14 December 2021

Adult addictology:

We provide outpatient addiction treatment for those in recovery, and we provide short and long-term drug and psychotherapy, both individual and family, according to the needs of the patient.

In our institution the care is free of charge, a social security card is required.

Family therapy: the systems approach sees the family as the source of the problems and the unit of therapeutic intervention. The focus of therapy is on the family, its subsystems and the individual's significant family relationships. In family relationships, mutuality through communication tries to create changes in the way experiences are experienced and processed, and in behaviour. In family therapy, the symptom or the symptom carrier represents the metaphorical dysfunction of the family as a whole.

Child and adolescent addictology:

Addiction care for adolescent addicts is currently the only addiction care in our institution with a national coverage.

We deal with the following problems in our children and young people's addiction unit:

drug and alcohol problems
drug addiction
behavioural addictions (e.g. gambling addiction, internet addiction)

What does the clinic deal with, what complaints, symptoms and illnesses can I come here with?

Care (diagnosis and therapy) for 10-18 year olds is provided in a team (team) by a psychologist, psychiatrist, family therapist and social worker.

Relief of psychological symptoms resulting from substance abuse, addiction, life difficulties and crises.
Providing educational advice to parents (parent consultations, family consultations).

Learning training, psychotherapy. If necessary, medication is included in the treatment.

What to expect when ordering?

Usually a 1-hour activity for the child. Before or after is often time spent with an accompanying person.

Preparation:

If you decide you want to stop, we can help you get into a drug treatment home.

The aim of our pre-care meetings is to get to know the drug treatment home programme as well as possible.
During your time in pre-screening, you can have the screening tests you need to get in (hepatitis, HIV, lung screening).
By staying in touch, you can confirm your intention to stop.
Abstinence is not a prerequisite for attending pre-care.

Day care for addiction patients:

Official business, assistance with specialist care (health, social), psychological support for addicts and their relatives, job search, respite.

If you or a loved one is affected by addiction, contact us for help:

for official business: for example, obtaining documents,
access to appropriate social and health care services: e.g. information on institutions, contacting,
professional support in the form of personal, family, medical, psychological or spiritual counselling,
to find a job: free internet and phone access, information on the services of the Job Centres,
You can get support to develop a healthy lifestyle, refuse drugs, we'll listen if you want to talk,
you can wash your clothes, take a bath,
relax, read and take part in our leisure activities,
you can use our community space for unpretentious entertainment: for example, for birthday parties, get-togethers with friends.
Consultation:

If you need individual help, you can also use our consultation service. You'll have an assistant who will work with you individually for 1 hour a week. The sessions take place in a separate room where you can talk openly about your problems and difficulties. Our consultation service is free of charge.Family therapy: the systemic approach sees the family as the source of problems and the unit of therapeutic intervention. The focus of the therapy is on the [highlight]family[/highlight], its [highlight]subsystems[/highlight] and the [highlight]individual[/highlight]'s [highlight]significant [highlight]family relationships[/highlight]. In family relationships, mutuality through communication tries to create changes in the way experiences are experienced and processed, and in behaviour. In family therapy, the symptom or the symptom carrier represents the metaphorical dysfunction of the family as a whole.

You can use our daytime catering:

anonymously,
voluntarily,
free of charge,
even if you are not clean: our cooperation aims to achieve abstinence, but it is not a condition for care
without a referral, no social security card or ID card required: but it's good to have one - we can help you get one.

Community care for people with addiction:

The aim of community care for addicts is to help addicts in care to remain integrated and full members of society and to reintegrate into the community. To this end, we provide care, psychosocial rehabilitation and all forms of counselling in the addict's home environment, where he or she lives. We help people with addiction to improve their health and mental wellbeing; to maintain and develop their existing skills and abilities; to resolve conflicts and problems in their daily lives; to access social and mental care and healthcare. The working method of community care is systemic family care, which builds on the active and responsible participation of the patient, community resources and the involvement of natural supporters. In community care, the task is not only to reach, help and empower the substance abusing (or other addicted) client, but also the family members.

Community care provides clients with both access to a complex range of services and differentiated, individualised care.

Community care provides the following services:

Problem analysis, problem solving: helping to set personal goals, identifying and strengthening the motivating factors for change, encouraging lifestyle changes, reducing the collateral harms and harmful consequences of substance use and dependence, preventing relapse, providing immediate advice and assistance to those who use the service on an ad hoc basis.
Skills development: organising or facilitating life skills training, improving and maintaining self-care skills, providing information on the disease, how to adapt to it and how to manage it.
Psycho-social rehabilitation: access to work, organised leisure time, leisure and self-help groups, support networks, counselling, information on health, social and child protection benefits and services, employment, education and housing.

How to claim the benefit:

Use of the service is voluntary and free of charge. Possible places and ways to contact:

in person or by telephone at the place of contact,
through a general practitioner, school doctor or company doctor,
by psychiatrist, psychiatric ward, carer,
mediating primary and specialised social care,
through education and training institutions,
through self-help and civil society organisations,
through family members, neighbours and other voluntary helpers who are in contact with the person concerned.

Supported housing:

It helps recovering addicts to develop independent, new ways of living. We provide accommodation in apartments maintained by the EGÉSZSÉGDOKK Public Charitable Foundation for clients who meet the conditions of care.

Who can use it?

Our clients who are clean, substance-free and employed are recommended for care through a complex needs assessment process, during which professionals assess their condition and needs.

What happens?

They receive weekly individual and group consultations, during which we monitor and support their daily lives. We work together to develop skills and support independent living in response to the individual needs of our clients.

Distraction:

If you have been prosecuted for drug use, you can opt for a preventive education service to avoid a penalty under certain conditions set out in the law; that is, diversion. This is an opportunity to exempt occasional, non-addicted drug users from possible penalties.

How to apply?
Contact us by phone or in person. For the first time, bring the paperwork you received from the court, authority or guardian with you. In addition, you need a preliminary assessment: a certificate that you are not dependent. We can help you find out where to get it. Once we have these documents, we will conclude an agreement with you, which will start your diversion.

How is diversion done?

We meet individually and in groups for one to one and a half hours. The sessions are led by a member of our staff and explore a specific topic through free discussion, self-awareness exercises and creative workshops.

How long will the programme last?

The minimum duration of the diversion is 6 months, for a total of 12 sessions. We usually meet every two weeks, but it's important that you don't go more than 30 days between two visits, because then your diversion is interrupted and you have to start the programme all over again.

How can you prove that you are taking part in the diversion?

After the first session, you will receive 3 copies of an official certificate of the start of the diversion, which you will send to the competent authorities. At the end of the process, after 12 sessions, you will also receive 3 certificates of completion of the programme: you will need to submit these to the authorities to close the case against you.

Groups:

We support self-help groups and creative activities to help people overcome addiction, maintain abstinence and help their loved ones.

Narcotic Anonymous (anonymous substance abusers)
Alcoholics Anonymous (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Sobriety group
Self-awareness and personality development groups
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Prevention, health education in schools:

One in five school-age young people have used some form of drugs in their lifetime, and drug users are increasingly using synthetic drugs of untraceable composition.Between 1995 and 2003, the proportion of schoolchildren who tried drugs quadrupled, and after a small decline starting in 2007, it started to increase again significantly from 2011 (KSH, 2015).

This is why we think prevention is very important. We organise health education sessions with our staff to prevent drug use in schools as part of a classroom teacher's lesson.

We provide training and information for teachers and professionals.

School community service:

Join us as a volunteer! If you would like to complete the 50 hours of volunteer service in a place where:

where you can really help,
where you can work in good company,
where you can get to know yourself better.

Programmes:

You are cordially invited to an open discussion with Gábor Gönczi, the professional leader of EGÉSZSÉGDOKK.

Category: Healthdock

Read Time: 1 min

Published: 12 December 2021

HEALTH DOCUMENTS

Address: 8000 Székesfehérvár, Mártírok útja 2, 1st floor (Drug Outpatient Clinic)
Mobile: 06 30 983 7470
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/egeszsegdokk

Open:
H-P: 9:00-17:00
Sat-Sun: 10:00-16:00

ANSWER Addiction Support and Drug Prevention Centre

Kiskunfélegyháza

Head of school: Judit Barbara Varga
Address: 6100 Kiskunfélegyháza Bajza u. 36.
Mobile: 06 30 849 01 22
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Open:
Mon-Fri: 12:00-20:00
P:
Even weeks: 14:00-22:00
Odd weeks: 8:00-16:00
Sat: 10:00-18.00