Find Addiction Psychiatrists in Cape Town, South Africa

Addiction covers alcohol, other drugs, and behaviours such as gambling. Psychological treatment is only one part of addiction care.

Screening, brief intervention and treatment all exist for hazardous drinking ¹. Those services do not reach most of the people who need them.

Treatments used include cognitive behavioural and behavioural therapies ². Some work through a person's social network and environment.

Guidelines recommend a range of treatments for opioid dependence ³. Those include maintenance treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, alongside psychosocial treatment and support.

Detoxification alone is not treatment ⁴. Ask a practitioner what they treat, and where they refer.

Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who then specialised in mental health. Psychiatrists can prescribe medication.

Many also offer talking therapy. Psychiatrists tend to see people whose medical, psychological and social needs all come together.

Ask a practitioner's office what a first appointment covers. Ask what they need before you book.

Groote Schuur Hospital - Psychiatry Outpatient Services. Phone +27 21 404 9111. Western Cape public hospitals charge on a means-tested scale. Patients in the lowest band pay nothing for specialist outpatient visits. Public patients are accepted by referral from a district or secondary service. Each specialty has its own eligibility criteria.

Our records name no register for the title psychiatrist in South Africa. See the South Africa page for the professions that do carry a register there.