Wilkes Barre VAMC

Wilkes Barre VAMC

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

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Spanish
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Other Languages

• French
• Hindi

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

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

Ancillary Services

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Clozapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Paliperidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Active duty military
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Veterans
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Members of military families
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Testing

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

Type of Care

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