Veterans Affairs Medical Center Comprehensive OP Substance Abuse

Types of Care:

• inpatient heroin detox
• residential heroin abuse treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient heroin detoxification
• IOT
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Hospitals:

• Psychiatric hospital

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine clinical treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Administers medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

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

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• motivational interviewing
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

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

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for pregnant and postpartum women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• heroin rehab for seniors and older adults
• heroin rehab for LGBT clients
• heroin rehab for veterans
• military families
• judicial clients
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• people with HIV or AIDS
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence 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

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills development
• drug addiction intervention
• peer support

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detoxification
• residential benzodiazepines detoxification
• inpatient cocaine detoxification
• in-patient methamphetamines detoxification
• inpatient opioid detox

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education services
• employment counseling services
• educational support

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 over 18

Gender Accepted:

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

Exclusive Services:

• Veteran rehab only

Services for deaf:

• Service for hearing impaired