Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mental Health Service

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Mental Health Service

Services:
Facility Type
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

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

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

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Active duty military
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Members of military families
• Seniors or older adults
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Assertive community treatment
• Suicide prevention services
• Case management service
• Intensive case management
• Illness management and recovery
• Family psychoeducation
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Education services
• Supported housing
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Supported employment

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