Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centres in Vienna, Austria

How does public addiction treatment work in Vienna?

Public addiction treatment in Vienna runs through the city’s addiction and drug coordination body, whose outpatient clinic provides social work, medical care and psychological services. Appointments are made by phone on +43 1 4000 87366, and people with alcohol problems can call the regional competence center for alcohol on +43 1 4000 53640.

That first phone call is the place to ask what an initial appointment involves and what to bring. Walk-in rehab is listed at some of the rehabs in Vienna.

Who pays for addiction treatment in Vienna?

Addiction treatment in Vienna is publicly funded at most of the city’s rehabs, which list publicly funded care, and public health insurance is accepted at most as well. Some list state-funded detox, state-funded day treatment and state-funded inpatient care.

Self-pay is listed at a few of the rehabs in Vienna. Anyone insured abroad can ask a provider how their policy applies before booking a stay.

How do I check that a Vienna addiction service is recognized?

A Vienna addiction service can be checked against the list the federal health ministry keeps of facilities recognized under section 15 of the Narcotic Substances Act. Each one is reviewed before publication in the Federal Law Gazette, must meet the Act’s quality rules and keeps an absolute duty of confidentiality.

The list can also be read in RIS, Austria’s federal legal information system, and the Suchthilfekompass, a federal online directory, sorts recognized services by state and service type.

What women’s rehab options are there in Vienna?

Women’s rehab options in Vienna are wide: nearly all of the city’s rehabs treat women, and nearly all offer women’s outpatient rehab. A few list inpatient care for women, and a few offer women’s dual diagnosis rehab for addiction alongside a mental health condition.

Most of the city’s rehabs also treat men, and a few list programs for teenagers, young adults or seniors. Court-referred treatment is listed at a few of the rehabs in Vienna, and aftercare at some, for support once the main phase of treatment ends.

Can young people get treatment in Vienna without a parent?

Young people in Vienna aged 14 or over are presumed under section 173 of Austria’s General Civil Code to have the capacity to consent to medical treatment themselves. If a young person lacks that capacity, the adult responsible for their care and upbringing consents, and a few of Vienna’s rehabs list teen programs.

Teen day treatment and teen residential rehab each appear at a few of the rehabs in Vienna.

What does rehab in Vienna cost?

Residential rehab in Vienna has an estimated typical range of €8,900 to €23,700 a month, and medical detox €5,300 to €16,600 a month. Day treatment, listed at some of the city’s rehabs, is estimated at €5,300 to €11,200 a month, and outpatient care at €1,100 to €3,600 a month.

Where a program falls in each band depends on the room, the length of the stay and the services included. Short-term and long-term residential programs are each listed at a few of the rehabs in Vienna.

Vienna rehab costs for each level of care

Vienna rehab costs range from an estimated €1,100 a month for outpatient care up to €23,700 a month for the most expensive residential stays. Medical detox and day treatment come in between, and the table shows the estimated monthly band for each of the four levels Vienna’s rehabs list.

Is detox in Vienna done in hospital?

Detox in Vienna is often hospital-based: some of the city’s rehabs list hospital detox, hospital addiction care and inpatient treatment, and some list alcohol detox. A few list residential detox, and a few list detox for opioids, so the setting varies with the substance involved.

There are at least 25 hospitals within 10 miles of central Vienna, measured in a straight line.

Do Vienna rehabs treat mental health conditions?

Mental health conditions are treated at nearly all of the rehabs in Vienna, which list mental health treatment. A few list care for co-occurring conditions, depression with anxiety or a mental health crisis, and the city also has a social psychiatric emergency service on 01 313 30.

Doctors and their assistants in Austria are bound by section 54 of the Physicians Act, and treatment records come under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Austria’s Placement Act allows psychiatric placement against a person’s will only where mental illness seriously endangers life or health and nothing less restrictive will work.

Is opioid substitution available in Vienna?

Opioid substitution in Vienna is provided by doctors qualified under Austria’s regulation on further training in oral substitution, working with public health officers under the Narcotic Substances Act. Some of the city’s rehabs list access to a prescriber, and the lisa-public portal publishes a list of qualified substitution doctors.

A few of the rehabs in Vienna list cocaine and other stimulants, and a few offer help with smoking.

Traveling to Vienna for rehab

Vienna International Airport (VIE) has international flights and lies 11.4 miles from central Vienna in a straight line, the method used for each distance on this page. Austria is a Schengen state, so visitors who need a visa can stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period on a short-stay visa.

A stay of more than 90 days falls under Austria’s national procedures. Rehab near major airports is listed in cities across Europe, and the nearest other Austrian city with listings, Graz, is about 90 miles away.

What is the area around Vienna like?

The area around Vienna has small hills and lakes within a few miles of the center: the Hungerberg rises 3.0 miles from the center and the Laaer Berg 3.6 miles. The Steinsee lake lies 4.4 miles away and the Schellensee 6.6 miles, and rehab near mountains is listed elsewhere.

Rehab is also listed in Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck, and beyond Austria in Germany, Croatia and Italy.

Who can I call in Vienna?

In Vienna, the poisons information line answers on 01 406 43 43, and the social psychiatric emergency service on 01 313 30. Austria’s national health advice line is 1450, and Alcoholics Anonymous in Austria takes calls on 01 799 55 99, with meetings in English, Polish, Persian and Italian.

For prescribed narcotic medication, a stay of up to 5 days needs proof of personal need, and 5 to 30 days a prescription from the home doctor. Austrian rules recommend the Annex IX form for travelers from Schengen states and the Annex X form for everyone else, and the quantity may not exceed 30 days’ need. For a longer stay in Vienna, a local doctor can issue a new prescription, which a letter from the home doctor makes easier.

Rehab is also listed in France, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and the Netherlands, with the full list on the Europe page.