VA Augusta Healthcare System Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medic

VA Augusta Healthcare System Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medic

Services:
Recovery Support Services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Ancillary Services

• Supported housing
• Intensive case management
• Supported employment
• Case management service
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Integrated primary care services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Illness management and recovery

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Testing

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Ziprasidone
• Olanzapine
• Lurasidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Risperidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Quetiapine

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Treatment Approaches

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