Central Texas VA Healthcare System Waco VA Medical Center

Central Texas VA Healthcare System Waco VA Medical Center

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient

Treatment Approaches

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

Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Education services
• Integrated primary care services
• Supported employment
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Family psychoeducation
• Illness management and recovery
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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