VA Central Western Massachusetts Pittsfield Outpatient Clinic

VA Central Western Massachusetts Pittsfield Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Recovery Support Services
• Housing services

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Testing

• Laboratory testing

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Outpatient

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Intensive case management
• Case management service
• Supported employment
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing

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