El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

Services:
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Outreach to persons in the community
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for mental disorders
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for substance use

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• TB screening
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• STD testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Education and Counseling Services

• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Family counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Substance use disorder education

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Social skills development
• Mental health services
• Transportation assistance
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults
• Adult women
• Veterans
• Adult men
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

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

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Disulfiram
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment

Transitional Services

• Discharge Planning
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance

Medical Services

• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Recovery Support Services

• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Employment counseling or training
• Self-help groups

Language Services

• Spanish

Treatment Approaches

• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• 12-step facilitation
• Trauma-related counseling
• Motivational interviewing
• Brief intervention
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Matrix Model
• Anger management
• Contingency management/motivational incentives