Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mental Health and Behav Sciences

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mental Health and Behav Sciences

Services:
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Testing

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Active duty military
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Adult women
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Pregnant/postpartum women

Ancillary Services

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity
• No formal relationship with prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

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

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

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Employment counseling or training

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Transitional Services

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission

Treatment Approaches

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Education and Counseling Services

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

Medical Services

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