Wilkes Barre VAMC Allentown Outpatient Clinic

Wilkes Barre VAMC Allentown Outpatient Clinic

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Testing

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

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

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

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Supported employment
• Integrated primary care services
• Supported housing
• Suicide prevention services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Type of Care

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