VA Connecticut Healthcare System Newington Campus (116A)

VA Connecticut Healthcare System Newington Campus (116A)

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

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

• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Language Services

• Spanish

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

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

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

Ancillary Services

• Supported employment
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing
• Case management service
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

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

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