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Type of organisation

Governamental/Public-national

Year of foundation

The Counselling Department was established in

Institutional presentation

Mission: The Counselling Unit is committed to providing an environment of safety and support, , allowing for awareness, healing, growth and personal development for all clients. We use an atmosphere of compassion and dignity to help our clients find their strengths and resilience, which them empowers them to have satisfying and genuine life experiences. Guiding principles: Change; confidentiality; Education;

Direct beneficiaries

• Not drug users
• Experimental drug users
• Drug users
• Problematic drug users
• Fromer drug users
• Others (Persons with a wide range of mental health presentations)
• Women presenting problematic drug use
• Women with children
• Dually diagnosed (comorbid)
• HIV/AIDS
• Racial and ethnic minorities

Target population activities

• School (capacity building / training) teachers

Objective of the centre/ services

To provide counselling services to persons needing the intervention: To be advocates for persons with mental illness; To provide education and sensitivity training to persons in the general population To provide prevention services to persons deemed at risk for dysfunctional behaviour

National coverage

The persons who use the service come from the entire country. Even though the service is centralized in the capital city, it is accessible to and utilized by the general population. Access to the site from rural communities is seamless.

Intervention framework

Intervention types

• Prevention
• Treatment
• Social integration
• Risk reduction

Intervention framework for Prevention

• School/primary education
• School/secondary education
• University/Tertiary education
• Community
• Public events
• Family
• Work place

Intervention framework for Treatment

• Outpatient/diurnal/outpatients clinic
• Treatment groups (relapse prevention)
• Dual diagnosis treatment

Intervention framework for Social integration

• Education support

Intervention framework for Risk reduction

• Interventions on prevention and health education
• Interventions on massive public events
• Orientation and counselling on psychodelic experiences on public massive events

Activities

• Support
• Coodination
• Health education
• Training
• Information
• Family & socio-educational intervention
• Personal & socio-educational intervention
• Guidance
• Awareness
• High threshold outpatient treatment
• Self help

Description of the main activities

At the Counselling Center, the main activities are: - Counselling/mental health intervention -prevention activities for persons at risk for problematic behaviour -training and workshop development -capacity building -awareness building -mental health support and referral