The addiction medicine service at Groupement Hospitalier Nord (GHN) is part of the hepatology department of the Croix Rousse hospital. It offers 5 types of care using medical, nursing, psychologic and social treatment.

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• Équipe de Liaison et de Soins en Addictologie (ELSA, Addiction Care and Liaison Team),

• Centre de Soins, d’Accompagnement et de Prévention en Addictologie (CSAPA, Centre for Care, Support and Prevention in Addiction Medicine),

• Addiction medicine consultation,

• Addiction medicine and hepatology hospitalisation unit A2,

• Addiction medicine day hospital.

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ELSA team members work in a hospital setting; they provide consultations for all addiction types "at the patient's bedside" in all departments of the hospital. They also provide follow-up consultations. The team works in conjunction with structures within and outside of the hospital. They train hospital staff.

     ⇨ Download here the ELSA and GHN brochure (in French).

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CSAPA provides care for:

• Addiction to opioids (heroin, antalgics containing opioids) – opiod maintenance treatment program.

• Psychostimulant dependence: cocaine, crack, ecstasy ("Stop Coke" program – Coke is short for Cocaine in French)

• Sexual addiction (consultations and group therapy), hypersexuality, chemsex (use of addictive products in a sexual context). These consultations take place at the Centre de Santé et Sexualité (Centre for Health and Sexuality).

• All types of addictions in pregnant patients and mothers of new-borns: a specialised consultation "pregnancy and addiction".

⇨ Download here the information brochure.

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​ The addiction medicine service also offers:

• Screening and care for viral pathologies (hepatitis C, hepatitis B, HIV)

• Actions to reduce risks and damage, as well as the analysis of consumed products by thin layer chromatography (partnership with the CAARUD "Pause diabolo").

• Hypnosis consultations.

• Sexology consultations with a nurse.

• A support group dedicated to women ("le café rencontre").

⇨ Download here our CSAPA brochure (in French).

⇨ Download here our Chemsex brochure (in French).

⇨ Download here our Pregnancy and Addiction brochure (in French) 

 

Addiction medicine consultations provide outpatient care for alcohol and tobacco use disorders. Private consultations include diagnosis, guidance and follow-up. As part of this follow-up, the team may offer to participate to energetic resonance by cutaneous stimulation (ERCS) sessions and the smoking cessation support group.

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Addiction medicine and hepatology hospitalisation unit A2

​These are 14-day stays for complex withdrawal from all types of addiction. Care can take two forms: group (art therapy, sophrology, physiotherapy, psychomotricity, assertiveness training, cooking, medical information) and individual (psychotherapy, psychiatric and neuropsychological somatic assessments, ERCS, hypnoanalgesia).

⇨ Download here our unit A2 brochure (in French).

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Addiction medicine day hospital

It is an outpatient program using both group and individual therapy; in parallel with classic addiction therapy, it provides psychotherapeutic care. These therapies allow for elaboration and exchange (writing group, group on emotions, art therapy group), an exploration of the psycho-body and emotional spheres (psychomotricity and sophrology).

⇨ Download here our day hospital brochure (in French).