Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Substance Use Disorders (SUD)

Types of Care:

• residential heroin addiction treatment
• inpatient dual diagnosis treatment

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine treatment
• Naltrexone treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• Other contracted prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Administers medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

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

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention treatment
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• heroin rehab for older adults
• heroin rehab for LGBT clients
• heroin rehab for veterans
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• 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
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills development
• transportation assistance
• drug addiction intervention
• group meetings

Other Addictions Treatment:

• treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder
• treatment for gambling disorder
• internet use disorder treatment

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling services
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education
• 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 permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

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

Exclusive Services:

• Veteran rehab only

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish