VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center for Trt of Addictive Disorders

VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center for Trt of Addictive Disorders

Services:
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

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

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Group counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling
• Family counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Individual counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Self-help groups

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Transitional Services

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

Testing

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

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

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

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Pharmacotherapies

• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Clonidine
• Nicotine replacement
• Methadone
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Disulfiram
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Acamprosate (Campral®)

Type of Care

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Medical Services

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

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Acupuncture
• Integrated primary care services
• Transportation assistance
• Mental health services

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

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