Amarillo VA Healthcare System

Amarillo VA Healthcare System

Services:
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Federal Government

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

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Illness management and recovery
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Education services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Legal advocacy
• Supported employment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Family psychoeducation
• Intensive case management
• Supported housing

Pharmacotherapies

• Chlorpromazine
• Quetiapine
• Prochlorperazine
• Perphenazine
• Fluphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Risperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement
• Clozapine
• Olanzapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Aripiprazole
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Language Services

• Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

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