Links and partners

General information

• Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
• Ciao - Information site for adolescents
• Website of the International Mission for to Combat drugs and drug addiction (MILDT - French government)
• Addiction Info Switzerland
• Stop-tabac (Stop smoking)
• Premiere ligne (“First line”, Association for reducing risks related to use of narcotic substances)
• Argos (association for assisting drug addicts)
• Drug Dependence Unit/Saint-Martin Center (CSM)
• Center for the treatment of alcoholism , Lausanne University Hospital
• Fédération genevoise pour la prévention de l'alcoolisme (Geneva federation for the prevention of alcoholism)
• Western Switzerland Federation of Training Organizations in the Field of Addiction
• Groupement romand d'études sur les addictions (Western Switzerland study group on addictions)
• Maison de l’ancre (Halfway house): helping people with alcohol problems
• Infoset - Communication Platform for Addiction, Social and Health Professionals
• Community Medicine and Primary Care Department, HUG
• “Les Oliviers” Foundation - Specialist Center for alcoholism and other addictions
• Phenix - Private foundation offering care to people suffering from addiction
• Prevention.ch - online brochures
• Romandie addiction (Western Switzerland Addiction) - Communication platform for professionals in the field of addiction

Support groups

• Croix-bleue (Blue Cross)
• Alanon Support groups for the family and friends of alcoholics
• Alcoholics Anonymous Western Switzerland
• Narcotics Anonymous

Recommended reading

French

• "Faire face aux dépendances, Alcool, tabac, drogues, jeux, internet” ("Confronting Addiction, Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs, Gambling, Internet”), Dr. Charly Cungi, ed. Retz, 2000
• "Les nouvelles formes d'addiction, l'amour, le sexe, les jeux vidéo” ("The new forms of addiction, love, sex and video games”), Marc Valleur, Jean-Claude Matysiak, ed.Champs Flammarion, 2003
• "Comment vivre avec un toxicomane” ("How to live with a drug addict”), François Hervé, Edition Josette Lyon, 2005
• "Quand l'autre boit, guide de survie pour les proches de personnes alcooliques” ("When the other person drinks, survival guide for those close to alcoholics”), Dr. Claude Uehlinger, Marlyse Tschui, Edition Anne Carrière, 2006
• "Dépendances : tous accros ?” ("Dependence: all addicts?" Drogues, alcool, tabac, jeux et cyberdépendance (Drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, Internet addiction), Jean-Daniel Barman, Edition Saint-Augustin, 2008

 Italian

• STOP alla dipendenza dall' eroina, il coraggio di cambiare...e poi la gioia (STOP heroin dependence, the courage to change... and then the joy), Franco Riboldi, dve ITALIA, S.p.A. 2008
• "Come faccio a sapere se mio figlio si droga ?” (How do I know whether my child is taking drugs?) Manualetto per genitori preoccupati (Short Manual for Concerned Parents), Maurizio Coletti, Antigone Edizioni,  2008

English

• "Addiction and Mood Disorders, a guide for clients and families"Dennis C. Dalex with Antoine Douaihy, editor Oxford University press, 2006
• "Get Your Loved One, SOBER, Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening," Robert J. Meyers, Ph.D., Brenda L. Wolfe, Ph.D., Editor Hazelden, 2006
• "Saying NO is not Enough", Robert Schwebel, Ph.D., Updated second Edition, Editor Newmarket Press New York, 1997