Tomah VAMC Mental Health Service Line

Tomah VAMC Mental Health Service Line

Services:
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Federal Government

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential

Ancillary Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with eating disorders
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Treatment Approaches

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Pharmacotherapies

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted