Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System Harlingen Healthcare Center

Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System Harlingen Healthcare Center

Services:
Assessment/Pre-treatment
• Screening for tobacco use

Pharmacotherapies

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Language Services

• Spanish
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Veterans
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Ancillary Services

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

Type of Care

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

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

• Outpatient