San Francisco VA Downtown Clinic

San Francisco VA Downtown Clinic

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Supported housing
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Integrated primary care services
• Supported employment
• Legal advocacy
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

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

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Group therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Paliperidone
• Risperidone
• Chlorpromazine
• Quetiapine
• Clozapine
• Thiothixene
• Fluphenazine
• Lurasidone
• Olanzapine
• Haloperidol
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Ziprasidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted