Institutions offering drug addiction treatment in Croatia

If you or someone you know suffers from drug or alcohol addiction and is in need of help, there are a variety of resources available to them with regards to treatment and recovery. You can read about all available addiction drug treatment programs offered by both the Croatian government and non-profit organizations here.

In addition to the available treatment programs, here is a list of institutions in Croatia that deal directly with drug addiction problems.

Health Institutions (Zdravstvene ustanove)

• Hospitals (Bolnice)
• Services for mental health and addiction prevention (Službe za zaštitu mentalnog zdravlja i prevenciju ovisnosti)
• School medicine services (Službe školske medicine)

County coordinators for addiction prevention programs (Županijski koordinatori za programe prevencije ovisnosti)

• Županijski koordinatori u odgojno-obrazovnim ustanovama (County coordinators for the implementation of addiction prevention programs in educational institutions, i.e. coordinators of school prevention programs)
• Županijski koordinatori u sustavu socijalne skrbi (County coordinators in the welfare system, i.e. list of county coordinators of the child and youth addiction prevention program in the welfare system)
• Županijska povjerenstva za suzbijanje zlouporabe droga (County commissions for drug abuse repression)

Welfare Institutions (Ustanove socijalne skrbi)

• Social welfare centers (Centri za socijalnu skrb)
• Homes (Domovi)

Nevladine organizacije (Non-governmental organizations)

• Associations (Udruge)
• Therapeutic communities (Terapijske zajednice)
• Housing communities (Stambene zajednice)

Lists of institutions, associations, and coordinators participating in the implementation of the Re-socialization Project (Popisi ustanova, udruga, institucija te koordinatora koji sudjeluju u provedbi Projekta resocijalizacije)

• Mental health care, prevention and outpatient treatment services (Službe za zaštitu mentalnog zdravlja, prevenciju i izvanbolničko liječenje ovisnosti)
• List of therapeutic communities participating in the implementation of the Re-socialization Project (Popis terapijskih zajednica koje sudjeluju u provedbi Projekta resocijalizacije)
• List of educational institutions that can implement adult education programs (Popis odgojno-obrazovnih ustanova koji mogu provoditi programe obrazovanja odraslih)
• List of associations participating in the implementation of the re-socialization projects (Popis udruga koje sudjeluju u provedbi projekta resocijalizacije)
• Coordinators by branch offices of the Croatian Employment Service (Koordinatori po područnim službama Hrvatskog zavoda za zapošljavanje)
• Coordinators from welfare centers (Koordinatori iz centara za socijalnu skrb)

Other Institutions

• Scientific Institutions (Znanstvene institucije)
• Red cross societies (Društva crvenog križa)