Birmingham VA HealthCare System Huntsville VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Huntsville VA Clinic

Services:
Language Services
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Ancillary Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Testing

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient