James E VanZandt VA Medical Center

Types of Care:

• residential heroin use treatment
• inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and heroin use

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehab
• 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 treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• administers naltrexone
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• 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
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• 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 Military insurance
• Accepts private health insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for veterans
• active duty military
• military families
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• 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
• 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
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills development
• transportation assistance
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• treatment for gambling disorder

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• counseling for groups
• counseling for families
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling services
• educational support

Medical Services:

• 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 permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
• Veteran rehab only

Services for deaf:

• Service for hearing impaired