Alexandria VA Healthcare System Lafayette Community Based Outpatient

Alexandria VA Healthcare System Lafayette Community Based Outpatient

Services:
Facility Vaping Policy
• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Treatment Approaches

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

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

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

• Outpatient

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

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

Ancillary Services

• Education services
• Supported employment
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing
• Family psychoeducation
• Illness management and recovery

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Pharmacotherapies

• Olanzapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement
• Thioridazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Aripiprazole
• Chlorpromazine
• Haloperidol

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance