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Addiction Medicine
Addiction Medicine

Addiction Medicine

Addiction Medicine

TheAddiction Medicine at Caen Normandy University Hospital is located on the Clemenceau in Caen. It is a level 3 addiction medicine department (regional referral center). Its mission is to provide care for patients with substance use disorders (one or more psychoactive substances) or behavioral addictions. These missions include addiction consultations, inpatient and outpatient care, addiction liaison services, and teaching, training, research, and regional coordination activities.

TheAddiction Medicine at Caen Normandy University Hospital is located on the Clemenceau in Caen. It is a level 3 addiction medicine department (regional referral center). Its mission is to provide care for patients with substance use disorders (one or more psychoactive substances) or behavioral addictions. These missions include addiction consultations, inpatient and outpatient care, addiction liaison services, and teaching, training, research, and regional coordination activities.

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  • Consultations & Team

    Substance use disorder

    Dr Blais-Lepelleux Anne-cécile, Dr Patourel Juliette, Dr vadé Virginie, Dr Cabé Nicolas, Dr Makdassi Alexandre, Dr Brosio Enrico, Dr Chiaretti Mattéo, Dr lemière Come, Dr Reignier Faustine
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    Consultation hours
    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5pm.
    Thursday from 2pm to 5pm.
    Clemenceau Hospital
    Ground Floor Level

      Service composition

      • 6 hospital practitioners
      • 1 university hospital practitioner
      • 1 CCA-AHU hospital specialist assistants
      • 1 regional specialist assistant
      • 1 senior health executive
      • 1 healthcare manager
      • 2 neuropsychologists
      • 1 psychologist
      • 1 social worker
      • 2 medical-administrative assistants
      • 1 dietician
      Anne-Cécile Blais-Lepelleux

      Dr. Anne-Cécile Blais-Lepelleux

      Head of department
      Jean-Marc Largerie

      Jean-Marc Largerie

      Senior healthcare executive

    • Our services

      Activity

      The addiction service is a level 3 university hospital service, a regional referral service. It fulfills a triple mission of care, teaching and research.

      • The treatment service is for any patient with a substance use disorder (alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, heroin, misused medications, and other illicit substances) or a behavioral addiction.
        The service also specializes in the assessment and treatment of cognitive impairments related to alcohol use disorder.
      • The department is also involved in teaching, serving as a clinical placement site for medical and pharmacy studentsand residents. It plays a significant teaching role at the local and regional levels. The department provides all addiction studies instruction for the DFASM (Diploma of Specialized Training in Medical Sciences) and the DES (Diploma of Specialized Studies) in Psychiatry. It is heavily involved in the coordination and delivery of courses for the University Diploma in Addictology.
        The department coordinates the regional Specialized Training Program in Addictology.
      • The department conducts and participates in several clinical research protocols. It collaborates closely with theU1237 PhinD unit.
      • activities prevention and training
      A tailored multidisciplinary approach

      The addiction service offers multidisciplinary care to patients with substance use disorders involving one or more psychoactive substances, or behavioral addiction.

      Various types of care are offered, either outpatient via external consultation or residential via full hospitalization or day hospitalization.

      Full-time hospitalization allows for complex addiction treatment.

      The care programs are based on psychoeducation and cognitive and behavioral therapies.

      The service develops an original approach to the treatment of addictions by specifically taking into account the neuropsychological aspects of the disorders.

      Most admissions are scheduled, based on consultations (external within the department, via partner structures in the network), or following advanced medical consultations with patients hospitalized within the Caen University Hospital, thus helping to streamline the patient journey.

      Hospitalized patients are admitted based on the nature and severity of their disorders.

      Care activities

      The consultations

      The specialized addiction consultation is the first meeting between the patient and a member of the team (doctor or nurses trained in addiction). It is a crucial and pivotal moment in the patient's care.

      Goals :

      • Assess the severity of the substance use disorder
      • Evaluate each patient's addiction plan for the different substances consumed
      • To propose options for care, hospitalization or outpatient follow-up
      • To monitor the patient's addiction treatment plan
      • Maintaining the patient in post-hospitalization care

      Full-time hospitalization

      Access to hospitalization is via outpatient consultation within the department, via an addiction consultation carried out in an outpatient consultation center of the network or via a transfer from a department of the University Hospital.

      A visit to the unit is possible at any time prior to hospitalization in order to present the service.

      The inpatient unit primarily admits patients undergoing complex withdrawals and the initiation of Opioid Substitution Therapy for complex cases. Following this period, patients can participate in a one-week group psychoeducational module, followed by a similar module focused on relapse prevention.

      These care arrangements take place over several weeks, and each proposed sequence of care is discussed between the patient and the multidisciplinary team.

      Hospitalization is subject to certain operating procedures; the service's welcome booklet is available on the website.

      The specialized psychotherapeutic care sessions are inspired by cognitive-behavioral therapies and are based on the principles of motivational interviewing. The workshops are led by professionals from all departments within the service.

      Various therapeutic approaches are offered: body-mediated therapy (relaxation, aesthetic care in the helping relationship…), virtual reality, group therapy (proposal to participate in a discussion group…).

      The service has national and international expertise in the assessment and management of cognitive disorders related to addictions; screening +/- cognitive assessment are systematically offered to patients.

      For patients with cognitive impairment and/or altered general condition, a stay in a SMR (partner service) is recommended.

      Social support may be offered to hospitalized patients to meet their needs.

      Day hospitalization

      The day hospitalization service for addiction patients has two different orientations and follows full-time treatment. This type of hospitalization represents the interface between full hospitalization and returning home, allowing for support of the most vulnerable patients.

      The first approach, with sessions held 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday), focuses on relapse prevention within a personalized care program. It supports the patient in their addiction treatment plan (moderation or abstinence)and follows the psychoeducational care provided during inpatient hospitalization.

      The service also offers cognitive remediation workshops, 2 days a week (Tuesday and Friday) for patients with cognitive disorders.

      Partner organizations of the addiction services department at Caen Normandy University Hospital

      • Addiction Care and Support Center (CSAPA Left Bank and CSAPA Right Bank) affiliated with the Addiction France Association
      • CSAPA CSST dependent on theEPSM
      • SMR (Medical and Rehabilitation Services) under an agreement
      • treatment centers in the region (Cherbourg and Mamers)

      Useful document(s)

      Welcome booklet

      Welcome booklet

      Addiction services

      • Cross-cutting units

      • The research

        The discipline

        Addiction studies is a promising discipline in terms of both clinical and basic research.

        The department has been conducting research projects for about fifteen years. It has recently joined forces with the Neuropresage team ofU1237 PhinD unit Professor Vivien's

        The research themes focus on neuropsychology, neuroimaging and cognitive remediation of cognitive disorders related to alcohol use disorder.

        New projects aim to develop and evaluate innovative non-drug therapeutic tools (psychoeducation, adapted physical activity, virtual reality) and to clarify the profiles and mechanisms of cognitive and cerebral damage related to alcohol and addictions.

        Unit 1237 PhinD

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      Locate / contact the service

      Addiction Medicine

      Clemenceau Hospital

      Avenue Georges Clemenceau 14033 Caen cedex 9

      Addiction Medicine

      Secretariat of the department

      02 31 27 25 62
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      Addiction Medicine
      Clemenceau Hospital
      Level: Ground Floor
      GPS access: Clemenceau
      Clemenceau Entrance
      : 02 31 27 25 62