VA Palo Alto Healthcare System Mental Health/Addiction Treatment Serv

VA Palo Alto Healthcare System Mental Health/Addiction Treatment Serv

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

Testing

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Pharmacotherapies

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Adult women
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients

Type of Care

• Detoxification
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Comprehensive mental health assessment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Suicide prevention services
• Social skills development
• Case management service
• Transportation assistance
• Integrated primary care services

Transitional Services

• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Medical Services

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

Treatment Approaches

• Relapse prevention
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Brief intervention
• Motivational interviewing
• Trauma-related counseling
• Matrix Model
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Anger management
• Community reinforcement plus vouchers

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Recovery Support Services

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

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

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Education and Counseling Services

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity