Department of VA Medical Center

Department of VA Medical Center - Birmingham, AL

Department Of Va Medical Center is an addiction treatment center located at 700 South 19th Street in the 35233 zip code in Birmingham, AL. It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Department Of Va Medical Center provides methadone for pain management, buprenorphine detox and buprenorphine maintenance. Some of the treatment approaches used by Department Of Va Medical Center include relapse prevention treatment, substance use counseling approach and brief intervention. Department Of Va Medical Center also specializes in detox services and offers residential benzodiazepines detoxification, inpatient heroin detox and inpatient alcohol detox. Department Of Va Medical Center provides outpatient heroin treatment, regular outpatient heroin treatment and outpatient heroin detox. It also provides residential heroin addiction treatment, halfway house and supervised heroin detox.

Address: 700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Hospitals
  4. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  5. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  6. Type Of Treatment
  7. Pharmacotherapies
  8. Treatment Approaches
  9. Facility Ownership
  10. License/Certification/Accreditation
  11. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  12. Payment Assistance Available
  13. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  14. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  15. Screening & Testing
  16. Transitional Services
  17. Ancillary Services
  18. Detoxification
  19. Counseling Services and Education
  20. Medical Services
  21. Tobacco/Screening Services
  22. Facility Smoking Policy
  23. Age Groups Accepted
  24. Gender Accepted
  25. Exclusive Services
  26. Services for deaf

Here are the full facility listing details on Department of VA Medical Center in Birmingham, AL:

Types of Care:

  • inpatient heroin detox services
  • transitional housing
  • residential heroin addiction treatment

Service Settings:

  • outpatient heroin rehab
  • outpatient heroin detoxification
  • intensive outpatient heroin treatment
  • outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
  • regular outpatient heroin treatment

Hospitals:

  • General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

  • Buprenorphine clinical treatment
  • Naltrexone treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

  • Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

  • buprenorphine detox
  • buprenorphine maintenance
  • suboxone prescription
  • administers naltrexone
  • relapse prevention from naltrexone
  • buprenorphine for pain management

Pharmacotherapies:

  • Acamprosate (Campral)
  • Disulfiram (Antabuse)
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
  • Medications for psychiatric disorders
  • Medications for HIV treatment
  • Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
  • Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

  • anger management
  • brief intervention services
  • CBT
  • motivational incentives
  • DBT
  • motivational interviewing
  • relapse prevention treatment
  • substance use counseling approach
  • trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

  • the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

  • Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  • Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

  • Accepts Federal funding
  • Accepts Military insurance
  • Accepts private health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

  • Provides payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

  • heroin rehab for veterans
  • co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
  • people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • Screening for Hepatitis B
  • Screening for Hepatitis C
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Screening for substance use
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
  • Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

  • case management
  • domestic violence services
  • HIV early intervention
  • sober housing services
  • mental health services
  • social skills training
  • transportation assistance
  • drug addiction intervention
  • mentoring

Detoxification:

  • inpatient alcohol detoxification
  • residential benzodiazepines detoxification
  • residential heroin detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

  • counseling for individuals
  • group counseling
  • counseling for families
  • marital/couples counseling
  • substance use education
  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS education
  • health education services
  • employment counseling and training
  • vocational training

Medical Services:

  • Hepatitis A vaccination
  • Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

  • Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

  • adult heroin rehab
  • accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

  • inpatient heroin rehab for women
  • heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

  • Rehab for veterans only

Services for deaf:

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Call (855) 489-3619 for 24/7 with treatment.

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