Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program is an addiction treatment center located at 135 East 38th Street in the 16504 zip code in Erie, PA.
It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides relapse prevention from naltrexone, prescribes suboxone and buprenorphine detoxification. Some of the treatment approaches used by Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program include cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma counseling and anger management. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program also specializes in detox services and offers inpatient heroin detox and inpatient alcohol detox. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides intensive outpatient heroin treatment program, inpatient hospital heroin rehabilitation and outpatient heroin services. It also provides residential treatment for heroin use, inpatient treatment for heroin addiction and mental health diagnosis and inpatient heroin detoxification.
Here are the full facility listing details on Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program in Erie, PA:
Types of Care:
- supervised heroin detox
- residential heroin abuse treatment
- residential treatment for dual diagnosis
Service Settings:
- inpatient hospital heroin rehabilitation
- outpatient heroin rehab
- hospital inpatient heroin detox
- outpatient heroin detox services
- intensive outpatient heroin treatment program
- outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
- regular outpatient heroin treatment
Hospitals:
- General Hospital (including VA hospital)
Opioid Medications used in Treatment:
- Buprenorphine clinical treatment
- Naltrexone clinical treatment
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:
- Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
- Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:
- Personal physician/health care provider
Type Of Treatment:
- buprenorphine detox
- buprenorphine maintenance
- prescribes suboxone
- naltrexone administration
- relapse prevention from naltrexone
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
- Clonidine
Treatment Approaches:
- anger management
- brief intervention services
- cognitive behavioral therapy
- motivational incentives
- dialectical behavior therapy
- motivational interviewing
- matrix model
- relapse prevention treatment
- substance use counseling approach
- trauma counseling
Facility Ownership:
- the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
License/Certification/Accreditation:
- Certified by The Joint Commission
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:
- Accepts Military insurance
Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:
- heroin rehab for vets
- co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
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
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
Transitional Services:
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
Ancillary Services:
- housing services
- mental health services
- help with transportation
- peer support
Detoxification:
- inpatient alcohol detoxification
- inpatient opioid detoxification
Counseling Services and Education:
- individual counseling
- 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
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:
Services for deaf:
- Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available
