El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

Services:
Pharmacotherapies
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Quetiapine
• Paliperidone
• Clozapine
• Aripiprazole
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Lurasidone
• Ziprasidone
• Risperidone

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Spanish

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Outpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Veterans
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Treatment Approaches

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

Ancillary Services

• Supported housing
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Illness management and recovery
• Case management service
• Education services

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Type of Care

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

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

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling