VA Healthcare Systems of Connecticut Substance Abuse Treatment Program

VA Healthcare Systems of Connecticut Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Services:
Facility Smoking Policy
• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

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

Ancillary Services

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance

Testing

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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

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