Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

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

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

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

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Risperidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Paliperidone
• Quetiapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Ziprasidone
• Lurasidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Olanzapine
• Aripiprazole
• Haloperidol

Testing

• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Laboratory testing
• STD testing
• HIV testing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Activity therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported employment
• Therapeutic foster care
• Supported housing
• Illness management and recovery
• Case management service
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Intensive case management

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Members of military families
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services