Southeast Louisiana VA HCS Hammond VA Clinic

Southeast Louisiana VA HCS Hammond VA Clinic

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Testing

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Veterans
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with eating disorders

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

• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

• Haloperidol
• Asenapine
• Cariprazine
• Ziprasidone
• Quetiapine
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Paliperidone
• Lurasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Legal advocacy
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Diet and exercise counseling

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

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

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area