VA Healthcare System Mental Health Clinic

VA Healthcare System Mental Health Clinic

Services:
Ancillary Services
• Assertive community treatment
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Legal advocacy
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Supported employment
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Intensive case management
• Illness management and recovery

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Pharmacotherapies

• Brexpiprazole
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Clozapine
• Prochlorperazine
• Paliperidone
• Trifluoperazine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• IIoperidone
• Quetiapine
• Perphenazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Thioridazine
• Fluphenazine
• Lurasidone
• Risperidone
• Ziprasidone
• Olanzapine
• Haloperidol
• Thiothixene
• Aripiprazole
• Asenapine
• Cariprazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement
• Loxapine
• Pimozide

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

Testing

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Treatment Approaches

• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use