Birmingham VA HealthCare System Guntersville VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Guntersville VA Clinic

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

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

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

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
• Medicare
• Private health insurance

Testing

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Pharmacotherapies

• Fluphenazine
• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Haloperidol
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Legal advocacy

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted