Veterans Affairs Medical Center Addiction Recovery Treatment Services

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Addiction Recovery Treatment Services

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Recovery Support Services

• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

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
• Detoxification

Pharmacotherapies

• Medications for HIV treatment
• Nicotine replacement
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Methadone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Lofexidine
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Disulfiram

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Opioids detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Alcohol Detoxification

Education and Counseling Services

• Individual counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Family counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Group counseling

Medical Services

• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Methadone detoxification
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Methadone maintenance

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

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for mental disorders
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for tobacco use
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Treatment Approaches

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Matrix Model
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Trauma-related counseling
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Brief intervention
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Relapse prevention

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• STD testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• TB screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

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

• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Case management service
• Acupuncture
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Early intervention for HIV

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Methadone used in Treatment

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education