Gambling Clinic in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

Gambling Clinic helps problem gamblers, concerned others and professionals. 

The clinic offers outpatient treatment in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Other services at the clinic are peer groups and Tiltti support centre.

The clinic provides also nationwide support services: Peluuri Gambling Helpline, Peli poikki (Time to Fold) internet program and SMS messages based self help service Pelivoimapiiri.

Gambling Clinic is a development project (2010 - 2014). The essence of the project is to develope treatment and other services for gambling related problems. The results of the programme benefit not only the Helsinki Metropolitan Area but also the whole of Finland.

The Gambling Clinic is operated in cooperation with the Finnish state, municipalities and non-governmental organisations. Cities involved are Helsinki, Vantaa and Kauniainen. Coordination is provided by Socca, the Centre of Expertise on Social Welfare in the Helsinki Metropolitan area and The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). NGO partners are the A-clinic Foundation, Sosiaalipedagogiikan säätiö and the Finnish Blue Ribbon.

Address

Peliklinikka - Gambling Clinic

Kaisaniemenkatu 2 B

00100 Helsinki

Finland

Contact person

Mr. Tapio Jaakkola

Development coordinator

Peliklinikka - Gambling Clinic

Tel. +358 9 310 46885

Mobile +358 40 175 8244

Email  tapio.jaakkola(at)hel.fi