Emergencies & Accidents | Doctors & Dentists | Hospitals & Clinics | Drugs & Medicines | Counseling There are many municipal and private counseling and assistance centers in Zurich for special health and social problems. These include centers for drug rehabilitation, treatment for alcoholism, gambling, attempted suicide and psychiatric problems, youth problems, child and spousal abuse, as well as marriage counseling and rape counseling. Counselors also provide advice and help for sufferers of various diseases (e.g. multiple sclerosis) and the disabled (e.g. the blind and deaf). They also help very sick and terminally ill patients (e.g. AIDS and cancer) and their families to come to terms with their situation. The City of Zurich provides extensive counseling services related to health and social problems and runs a consultation service for foreigners (website German only). The Samaritans provide the free telephone number 143. This is a counseling service with English speaking operators that anyone can call for help in times of personal crisis. The Children’s Hospital Zurich has a counseling center for sexually abused children and adolescents. Specialists provide medical, psychological and social examination, treatment and counseling (phone 044 266 76 46). Address List Counseling Emergencies & Accidents | Doctors & Dentists | Hospitals & Clinics | Drugs & Medicines | Counseling Home |