Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

Types of Care:

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

Service Settings:

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

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA 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:

• prescribes suboxone
• naltrexone administration
• buprenorphine for pain management

Pharmacotherapies:

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

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention treatment
• 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 Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

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

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for veterans

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:

• case management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills development
• help with transportation
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detoxification
• residential benzodiazepines detoxification
• inpatient cocaine detoxification
• methamphetamines detox
• inpatient opioid detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• group counseling
• family counseling
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• 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 over 18

Gender Accepted:

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

Exclusive Services:

• Veteran rehab only

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish