Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences

Types of Care:

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

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• long term heroin rehab
• outpatient heroin detoxification
• partial hospitalization
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment services
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• residential heroin detox
• residential long term heroin treatment
• 30 day inpatient heroin rehab

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine treatment
• Naltrexone treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine detox
• buprenorphine maintenance
• prescribes suboxone
• administers naltrexone
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention treatment
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling
• 12 step rehabilitation

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
• active duty military
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• sexual abuse victims
• people with trauma

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
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills training
• transportation assistance
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• gambling disorder treatment

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detox
• inpatient opioid detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling services
• group counseling
• family counseling
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling services
• 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 allowed

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Veteran rehab only