Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Prog

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Prog

Services:
License/Certification/Accreditation
• The Joint Commission

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification

Pharmacotherapies

• Medication for mental disorders
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Disulfiram
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Nicotine replacement
• Clonidine

Education and Counseling Services

• Substance use disorder education
• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Family counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Marital/couples counseling

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

• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Outpatient detoxification

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Outreach to persons in the community
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for mental disorders
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for substance use

Treatment Approaches

• Motivational interviewing
• Brief intervention
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Trauma-related counseling
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Anger management
• Relapse prevention

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Mental health services
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services
• Social skills development

Type of Care

• Detoxification
• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Recovery Support Services

• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services
• Employment counseling or training
• Mentoring/peer support

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

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

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted