Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

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

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

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

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

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

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Education services
• Supported housing
• Case management service
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Perphenazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Thioridazine
• Haloperidol
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Prochlorperazine
• Thiothixene
• Loxapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Fluphenazine

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