Northport VAMC Mental Hygiene (116A)

Northport VAMC Mental Hygiene (116A)

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

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
• Mental health treatment

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Active duty military
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Members of military families
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Veterans
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Seniors or older adults

Testing

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Ancillary Services

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance