Birmingham VA HealthCare System Florence VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Florence VA Clinic

Services:
Treatment Approaches
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

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

• Outpatient

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

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Testing

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Ancillary Services

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

Pharmacotherapies

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