Addiction Treatment

Addiction treatment helps people stop or control harmful use of alcohol, drugs, prescription medicines or behaviours such as gambling. It combines medical care for withdrawal, medicines that reduce craving, and psychological therapy.

Treatment works, but addiction behaves like a long-term relapsing condition. A short stay can start recovery; staying well depends on months and years of support close to home, in your own language.

Conditions this service looks after

• Alcohol dependence
• Opioid dependence, including prescription painkillers
• Sedative and sleeping pill dependence
• Stimulant and cannabis use disorders
• Gambling disorder
• Addiction alongside depression, anxiety or trauma

Tests you may be offered

• Psychiatric assessment: Substance history, mental health, risk and motivation.
• Blood tests: Liver function, blood count, viral hepatitis and HIV screening where relevant.
• Urine drug screen: Confirms recent use and guides safe prescribing.
• Physical health review: Heart, liver and nutritional status; ECG before some medicines.

Treatments available

• Medically supervised detoxification: Managed withdrawal with medicines and monitoring, as an inpatient for alcohol or sedatives when risk is high.
• Relapse prevention medicines: Naltrexone, acamprosate or disulfiram for alcohol; opioid treatment follows strict national regulations.
• Individual counselling and CBT: Identifies triggers, builds coping skills and handles cravings.
• Motivational interviewing: Helps resolve mixed feelings about change.
• Family sessions: Repairs trust and teaches relatives how to support without enabling.
• Treatment of co-existing mental illness: Depression, anxiety and PTSD treated in parallel.

When to ask for a specialist opinion

• You cannot cut down despite wanting to
• You get shakes, sweats, anxiety or sleeplessness when you stop
• Use is harming work, relationships, health or finances
• You have had a seizure, blackout or overdose
• A relative is asking for help on your behalf

Travelling to Türkiye for this care

Travelling can offer privacy, distance from triggers and a structured detox with assessment. Be realistic about what it cannot do. Therapy works best in your first language, and the hardest period begins when you return home. Do not travel while in active heavy withdrawal, and never stop heavy alcohol or sedative use abruptly before a flight. Arrange aftercare at home before you leave: a local doctor, a therapist and a peer support group.

Send your reports, scans and a short history and a Clinic-Y coordinator replies within 24 hours with suitable teams and written, all-inclusive proposals side by side. Reviewing your case is free.

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