VA NJ Healthcare System East Orange

VA NJ Healthcare System East Orange

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

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

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

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

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Ancillary Services

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Veterans
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

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

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted