Counselling Centre for Psychotropic Substance Abusers
Introduction
Under the lead of the Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau, the SWD helps the drug abusers to abstain from their drug-taking habits and re-integrate into the community through community-based and residential services by means of individual and group counselling, vocational training, social skills training and aftercare service, etc.
The 11 Counselling Centres for Psychotropic Substance Abusers (CCPSAs) in Hong Kong provide services to habitual/ occasional/ potential psychotropic substance abusers and to young people at risk. Services provided include case and group counselling for psychotropic substance abusers and their family members; preventive education programmes for students of secondary schools, post-secondary institutions, and vocational training organizations and the community; professional training for allied professionals; and on-site medical support service for needy people to early identify and motivate them to seek early treatment and rehabilitation services.