VA Healthcare Systems of Connecticut Substance Abuse Treatment Program

VA Healthcare Systems of Connecticut Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Services:
Facility Smoking Policy
• Smoking not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

• Early intervention for HIV
• Mental health services
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Transportation assistance
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Integrated primary care services

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling
• Individual counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support

Testing

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• HIV testing
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Opioids detoxification

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Self-help groups
• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Mentoring/peer support

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
• Detoxification

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for mental disorders
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment

Medical Services

• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Methadone maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Methadone detoxification
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

Pharmacotherapies

• Medication for mental disorders
• Nicotine replacement
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Methadone
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Disulfiram
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Buprenorphine with naloxone

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

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

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

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

• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Regular outpatient treatment

Treatment Approaches

• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• 12-step facilitation
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Brief intervention
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Trauma-related counseling
• Anger management

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education