VA Maryland Healthcare System Cambridge VA Outpatient Clinic

VA Maryland Healthcare System Cambridge VA Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Facility Type
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Federal Government
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Veterans
• Members of military families
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Active duty military

Pharmacotherapies

• Fluphenazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Chlorpromazine
• Trifluoperazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Perphenazine
• Clozapine
• Quetiapine
• Haloperidol
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Loxapine
• Asenapine
• Prochlorperazine
• Lurasidone
• Ziprasidone
• Paliperidone

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Illness management and recovery
• Case management service
• Integrated primary care services
• Family psychoeducation

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Mental health treatment

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support