Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mental Health

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mental Health

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Legal advocacy
• Suicide prevention services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Integrated primary care services
• Education services

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Clozapine
• Asenapine
• Aripiprazole
• IIoperidone
• Brexpiprazole
• Lurasidone
• Paliperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Cariprazine
• Perphenazine
• Loxapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Ziprasidone
• Quetiapine