Our substance abuse and mental health services will be renewed in March 2025

The wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava are renewing its substance abuse and mental health services in March 2025. The goal with the renewal is to facilitate access to services, ensure a quick and competent care as well as combine the substance abuse and mental health services into one entity. 

What will change: 

• New mental health and substance abuse stations: Three mental health and substance abuse stations are set up in connection to the health stations, which are located in Tikkurila, Martinlaakso and Kerava.  
• The stations provide low threshold services for adult persons, who have substance abuse and mental health problems and for their close ones. The clients can go by themselves to the stations without an appointment on weekdays 8–13.  
• At the station the client’s situation is surveyed, the need of care and support is assessed and short care and support periods are provided. The services include among others discussion help, crisis help, guidance in controlling substance abuse and counselling in matters regarding mental health. When necessary, the client is guided to follow-up care. 
• The substance abuse clinics emergency services will end with the new service to avoid overlapping services. 
• There will be no changes in the substance abuse unit’s activities. The clients can in the future apply to the abuse services through the mental and substance abuse stations. 
• Therapy and rehabilitation units: The earlier separate mental health and substance abuse services (the earlier mental health and substance abuse open services at basic level) are combined into two therapy and rehabilitations units. These units provide individual and group care for clients based on the treatment plan, who have mental health and/or substance abuse problems and for their close ones. 
• Drug treatment services: Myyrmäkis health and social counselling service point Vinkkari is moving a short distance to the current Substitution therapy unit. At the same time the opening hours are extended. Vinkkaris services are intended for intravenous drug users. 

This is how you can apply for services from 7.3.2025:

Adult residents in the wellbeing services area can in the future apply to substance abuse and mental health services with the following routes: 

• The basic level doctors service for mental and abuse problems are placed in MyTeams at health centres. If your situation requires assessment of a doctor, contact MyTeam at your own health centre: Contact info health centres | Vantaa and Kerava wellbeing services county 
• Phone service for mental health and substance abuse services: 
  Open on weekdays between 8.00–15, tel. 09 4191 1100. We recommend to use the Therapy Navigator before contacting as a support for the survey of your situation: Therapy Navigator 
• Appointment without booking for mental health and substance abuse stations serves daily at three locations 8.00–13. 

Tikkurila health centre, Kielotie 11 A (4th floor) – for clients at Tikkurila, Hakunila-Länsimäki health centres. 

Martinlaakso health centre, Laajaniityntie 3 (6th floor) – for clients at Martinlaakso, Myyrmäki and Kivistö health centres. 

Kerava health centre, Metsolantie 2 – for clients at Kerava, Korso and Kerava health centres. 

• Health and social counselling service Vinkkari is open: 

Myyrmäki vinkkari, Liesikuja 7 B, 2nd floor Opening hours: Mon, tue, thu and fri 11–15 and wednesdays 11–13.30. 

Tikkurila Vinkkari, Kielotie 11, 01300 Vantaa. Mondays 14–19 and thursdays 11–16. 

The changes in substance abuse and mental health services and service descriptions are to be updated on our web pages before 7.3.2025. 

Please note, that if you or someone else has an acute mental health problem (e.g. delirium, psychosis or suicidal tendencies), seizures related to substance use or risk of overdose, call the emergency number 112 or go to the emergency. If you have faced a sudden crisis in your life for which you need immediate support, contact the social and crisis emergency services. 

For more information

Hanna Ahokas

Vantaa and Kerava wellbeing services county

Task area manager, substance abuse and mental health services

hanna.ahokas@vakehyva.fi