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.
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:
Age Groups Accepted:
- adult heroin rehab
- accepts young adults over 18
Gender Accepted:
- inpatient heroin rehab for women
- heroin rehab for men
Exclusive Services:
Services for deaf:
- Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available