Birmingham VA HealthCare System Bessemer VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Bessemer VA Clinic

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Supported housing
• Integrated primary care services
• Legal advocacy
• Suicide prevention services

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicare
• Private health insurance

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

Testing

• TB screening
• STD testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Laboratory testing

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility