• Åmål municipality is located in the northern part of Västra
Götaland Region .
• Åmål is also located on the coast of the third biggest lake in
Europé – Vänern.
• In 2005 municipality of Åmål won the prize “World's second
best city ” in the international competition Livcom Awards 2005
Consumption of alcohol
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Over the eight years between 1996-97 and 2004-05, the proportion of
women and men reporting a high consumption of alcohol has increased by
3 percentage points, while fewer reported a low consumption or no
consumption of alcohol at all.
8% of women aged 20-84 years reported a high consumption of alcohol.
15% of men aged 20-84 years had a high level of alcohol consumption in
2004-05.
High alcohol consumption indicates a quantity of alcohol corresponding to
2.5 or more bottles of wine per week for men and 2 or more bottles of wine
per week for women.
The alcohol consuption per person in 2011 was 9,43 liter.
Smoking & Snuff-taking
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Over the past 25 years, the proportion of daily smokers has decreased from
35 percent to 14 percent among men and from 28 to 18 percent among
women.
Smoking is more common among manual workers and among those with a
lower level of education.
In 2004-05, 27 percent of men (16-84 years) and 5 percent of women took
snuff.
In the youngest age group, 16-24 year olds, 33 percent of men and 11
percent of women took snuff.
Drug use
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Sweden's early problems were with amphetamines in different forms. They
started in 1938 when amphetamines were legal.
• Still, amphetamines constitute Sweden's largest category of illicit
drug abuse at 35%.
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Opiates fall in second place in Sweden, with 32%.
Cannabis is third with 20%.
How we work against addictions
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Motivationsgroups
STAM – STructured Activity and Motivationgroup
Routing (course)
The alarm clock (course)
NADA - National Acupuncture Detoxification Association
Housing support
Advice & Assistance
Our metods:
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ASI - Addiction Serveity Index (is a structured interview that includes questions of
relevance to the client's substance abuse problems.)
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ADAD - Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis
IDS 100 - Inventory of Drinking Situations
MI - Motivating Interviews
CRA - Community Reinforment Approach
KBT – Cognitive behavioral therapy
Routing
Routing is a course for people who have problems with alcohol and drugs. The
participants in the course meet each other 1 time per week and then 1 time per
month.
The whole course consist of 13 meetings.
• Meeting 1 – What is motivation?
• Meeting 2 – Choosing the right direction.
• Meeting 3 – About the consumtion
• Meeting 4 – What is good and what is not
• Meeting 5 - Visit
• Meeting 6 – Reactions from other
• Meeting 7 – Conversation about addictions
• Meeting 8 – It is you who choose the way!
• Meeting 9 – Listen to a famous authors books
• Meeting 10 – To look ahead
• Meeting 11 – 13 – After treatment
The alarm clock
The alarm clock is a course for people who want to have an alcohol and drug free
life. The participants in the course can be from 3 to 8 persons. They meet
each other 1 time per week and have different activities and homeworks.
The whole course consist of 18 meetings.
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Meeting 1 – Introduction
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Meeting 2 – Presentation and the participants answers some questions
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Meeting 3 – IDS 100 (Inventory of Drinking Situations) is used to identify
situations that encourage the consumption of alcohol / drugs.
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Meeting 4 – Conversation about addictions
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Meeting 5 – Conversation about addictions and watching to "The brain's reward
system" movie.
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Meeting 6 – Managing cravings
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Meeting 7 - Dealing with thoughts of alcohol / drugs
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Meeting 8 - Unsolved problems as a risk factor for relapse
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Meeting 9 – To say no to alcohol and drugs
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Meeting 10 - Being wise after the event in advance
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Meeting 11 - plans for unexpected events
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Meeting 12 – Summary
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Meeting 13 – 17 – Relapse
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Meeting 18 – The course ends
Thank you for your attention!