Creta Clínica de Tratamento Toxicodependência, Alcoolismo e Adição

What Creta Clínica de Tratamento Toxicodependência, Alcoolismo e Adição does

CRETA — Clínica de Tratamento de Dependências, Toxicodependência, Alcoolismo e Adição — is a privately held, Portuguese Ministry of Health-licensed (Licença nº 056) residential addiction treatment clinic founded in October 1991 and currently operating from facilities in Janas, Sintra, within the Lisbon metropolitan area. It delivers inpatient treatment for chemical dependencies (heroin, cocaine, cannabis, prescription drugs), alcohol use disorder, eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia), pathological gambling, codependency, pathological grief, depression, and personality disorders. Core clinical methodology combines a biopsychosocial framework, cognitive behavioral therapy, 12-step programming, and ASAM-derived multidimensional patient assessment, with typical residential stays of 12–16 weeks for alcohol treatment and approximately three months for gambling. A multidisciplinary clinical team is led by Clinical Director and psychiatrist Dr. Rui Correia and Therapeutic Coordinator João Roldão Soares.

The clinic's product portfolio comprises six core residential treatment programs — drug dependency, alcoholism, eating disorders, codependency, gambling addiction, and pathological grief — supplemented by the Family Assistance Program (family therapy and communication restructuring) and the AfterCare Program (Saturday therapeutic groups and post-discharge relapse prevention). All treatment is delivered in-person at the Sintra facility; there are no digital, telehealth, or app-based channels. Technology use is limited to a WordPress website, Facebook/Instagram presence, and standard contact channels (phone, WhatsApp, email).

Commercially, CRETA operates on a quote-based pricing model in which prospective patients or families schedule an evaluation to determine treatment scope and cost, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Revenue is generated exclusively through direct patient admissions to residential programs, with payer access enabled through health-subsystem conventions with ADSE (public sector), ADM (military), and SAMS SBSI (banking sector). Go-to-market is sales-led and inbound-driven, supported by content marketing (extensive blog), organic social media on Facebook and Instagram, patient testimonials, and earned media from national TVI television appearances.

Name

Creta Clínica de Tratamento Toxicodependência, Alcoolismo e Adição

Legal name

CRETA - Clínica de Tratamento de Dependências, Toxicodependência, Alcoolismo e Adição

Website

https://cretatratamento.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CRETA is a privately held, Ministry of Health-licensed Portuguese residential clinic in Sintra, founded in 1991, providing 12–16 week inpatient treatment for drug addiction, alcoholism, eating disorders, gambling addiction, codependency, and related behavioral disorders, serving individual patients and their families primarily in the Lisbon metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Addiction Treatment Services

NAICS

Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFACAE

Residential Substance Use Rehabilitation (Inpatient Rehab)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

Keywords

• Addiction treatment services
• Residential rehabilitation programs
• Alcoholism treatment
• Drug dependency recovery
• Behavioral health treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Sintra

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Residential/Inpatient Treatment Services: The clinic generates revenue primarily through residential treatment programs for drug addiction, alcoholism, eating disorders, gambling addiction, and other behavioral dependencies. Treatment is provided in residential inpatient setting (regime de internamento) with programs typically lasting 12-16 weeks for alcoholism treatment, with detoxification services included. The clinic accepts patients with insurance coverage from partnered health subsystems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CRETA is a licensed Portuguese Ministry of Health clinic (Licença nº 056) that provides residential inpatient treatment programs for drug addiction (toxicodependência), alcoholism, eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia), gambling addiction, co-dependency, and pathological grief. Programs are typically 12–16 weeks in length and include detoxification, cognitive behavioral therapy, 12-step program participation, family counseling, and post-discharge aftercare. All care is delivered in a drug- and alcohol-free residential environment by a multidisciplinary clinical team.

Product overview

CRETA is a licensed Ministry of Health clinic offering residential inpatient treatment for a range of addictions and behavioral disorders. The core portfolio consists of five principal treatment programs: Tratamento de Toxicodependência (drug dependency), Tratamento de Alcoolismo (alcoholism), Tratamento de Problemas Alimentares — Anorexia e Bulimia (eating disorders), Tratamento de Co-Dependência (co-dependency), and Tratamento de Adição ao Jogo (gambling addiction). These are complemented by Tratamento de Luto (pathological grief). All treatments are delivered as residential inpatient programs in the clinic's facilities in Sintra, supplemented by the Programa de Assistência às Famílias (Family Assistance Program) to involve and support family members, and the Programa AfterCare (AfterCare Program) providing ongoing weekly support after residential discharge. The clinic has been operating since October 1991 and is licensed by the Portuguese Ministry of Health (Licença nº 056).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tratamento de Toxicodependência

Quantifiable outcome

• Optimal residential treatment success rates reported for 12-16 week programs based on 30+ years of clinical experience
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADSEcoreOthersHealth subsystem partnership allowing members of ADSE (Direção-Geral de Ação Social dos Emplegados e Agents da Administração Pública) to access treatment services at the clinic. ADSE is a major Portuguese public sector health insurance provider.
• ADM (Assistência Doença Militares)coreOthersHealth insurance partnership with ADM, the military health subsystem providing coverage for military personnel and their families to access addiction treatment services at the clinic.
• SAMS SBSIcoreOthersPartnership with SAMS SBSI (Serviço de Assistência Médico-Social do Pessoal da Sócios do Banco de Portugal e das Empresas Bancárias), a health subsystem for banking sector employees, enabling their members to receive treatment coverage.
• Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa (Portuguese Red Cross)minorOthersPartnership with Portuguese Red Cross, a major humanitarian organization. Nature of partnership not explicitly detailed but appears as a convention/affiliation partner.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Casa de Saúde da Idanha: Portuguese residential psychiatric and behavioral health facility offering inpatient treatment for addiction and mental health disorders. Directly comparable on Portuguese residential behavioral health delivery, though a broader psychiatric institution rather than addiction-specialized.
• The Priory Group: UK's largest independent mental health and addiction treatment provider operating residential hospitals and outpatient centers. Comparable on residential addiction treatment delivery, but operates at much greater scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Luz Saúde: Major Portuguese private healthcare group operating hospitals and clinics nationwide, including mental health and addiction services. Comparable as a Portuguese private healthcare incumbent, though not specialized in addiction treatment.
• CUF: Portugal's largest private hospital group with broad medical, mental health, and addiction-related services across multiple sites. Comparable as a Portuguese private healthcare provider, but offers addiction services as part of a much wider portfolio rather than as a specialized clinic.

Direct peers

• Clinic Les Alpes: Swiss luxury residential addiction and behavioral health clinic offering inpatient treatment for substance use, eating disorders, and co-occurring conditions. Directly comparable service mix and residential inpatient delivery model.
• The Kusnacht Practice: Swiss private residential clinic treating addiction, depression, and eating disorders with individualized biopsychosocial programs. Closely comparable to CRETA in scope (drugs, alcohol, eating disorders) and inpatient care model, though operating at the premium end of the market.
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: US-based nonprofit operating one of the most recognized residential addiction treatment networks in the world. Directly comparable as a long-established residential substance use treatment provider with multidisciplinary teams and a 12-step-aligned philosophy, similar in model to CRETA.
• Paracelsus Recovery: Zurich-based private residential addiction treatment clinic with a multidisciplinary team and individualized programs for substance use and co-occurring disorders. Directly comparable in clinical philosophy and inpatient model to CRETA.

Regional players

• Hospital Particular do Algarve (HPA): Private Portuguese hospital group concentrated in the Algarve region, providing mental health and addiction-related services. Comparable as a private Portuguese healthcare provider, but serves a different regional market than CRETA.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/clinicacreta
• Instagraminstagram.com/clinicacreta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/creta-clinica-de-tratamento-toxicodependencia-alcoolismo-e-adicao

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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