Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System Laredo VA OP Clinic

Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System Laredo VA OP Clinic

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Outpatient

Type of Care

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Chronic disease/illness management
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Case management service
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Family psychoeducation
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Intensive case management

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

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Veterans
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Pharmacotherapies

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing