VA Western Colorado Healthcare System Veteran Recovery Center

VA Western Colorado Healthcare System Veteran Recovery Center

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Ancillary Services

• Supported employment
• Education services
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Treatment Approaches

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Type of Care

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted