Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Use Disorders Prog Clinic

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Use Disorders Prog Clinic

Services:
Ancillary Services
• Integrated primary care services
• Transportation assistance
• Mental health services
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Social skills development

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• No formal relationship with prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Education and Counseling Services

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Self-help groups
• Employment counseling or training
• Housing services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for mental disorders
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type of Care

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

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

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

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

• Long-term residential
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Treatment Approaches

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Testing

• STD testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Nicotine replacement
• Medication for mental disorders
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Disulfiram
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Acamprosate (Campral®)

Medical Services

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