Atlanta VA Healthcare System Atlanta VA Clinic

Atlanta VA Healthcare System Atlanta VA Clinic

Services:
Payment Assistance Available
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Group therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Illness management and recovery
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Case management service

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Pharmacotherapies

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

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

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults