El Paso VA Main Campus Main Campus

El Paso VA Main Campus Main Campus

Services:
Assessment/Pre-treatment
• Screening for tobacco use

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

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

• Outpatient

Ancillary Services

• Chronic disease/illness management
• Supported employment
• Family psychoeducation
• Case management service
• Integrated primary care services
• Illness management and recovery
• Legal advocacy
• Diet and exercise counseling

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Type of Care

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

Testing

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Language Services

• Spanish

Pharmacotherapies

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling