Galveston VA Clinic

Galveston VA Clinic

Services:
Facility Smoking Policy
• Smoking not permitted

Testing

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• 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 mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

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

• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Group therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Ancillary Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

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
• Mental health treatment

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

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