Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Substance Use Disorder Program is an addiction treatment center located at 113 Holland Avenue, Mail Code 116-a in the 12208 zip code in Albany, NY.
It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Substance Use Disorder Program provides prescribes suboxone, naltrexone administration and buprenorphine maintenance. Some of the treatment approaches used by Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Substance Use Disorder Program include rational emotive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing and motivational incentives. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Substance Use Disorder Program provides regular outpatient heroin treatment, outpatient heroin services and outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment. It also provides inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and heroin use and residential treatment for heroin use. Other addiction treatment offered includes treatment for gambling disorder.
Here are the full facility listing details on Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Substance Use Disorder Program in Albany, NY:
Types of Care:
- residential heroin use treatment
- residential treatment for dual diagnosis
Service Settings:
- outpatient heroin rehabilitation
- residential heroin rehab
- intensive outpatient heroin treatment services
- outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
- regular outpatient heroin treatment
- 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:
- buprenorphine maintenance
- prescribes suboxone
- naltrexone administration
- 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
- Medications for HIV treatment
- Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
- Clonidine
Treatment Approaches:
- anger management
- brief intervention services
- CBT
- motivational incentives
- DBT
- motivational interviewing
- matrix model
- rational emotive behavioral therapy
- relapse prevention
- counseling for substance abuse
- 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 Medicare
- Accepts Medicaid
- Accepts Military insurance
- Accepts private health insurance
- Accepts self payment and cash
- Accepts state health insurance
Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:
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 managers
- domestic violence services
- HIV early intervention
- housing services
- mental health services
- self-help groups
- social skills training
- transportation assistance
- peer support
Other Addictions Treatment:
- treatment for gambling disorder
Counseling Services and Education:
- individual counseling
- group counseling
- counseling for families
- marital/couples counseling
- substance use education
- hepatitis education, counseling and support
- HIV and AIDS education
- health education services
- employment counseling and training
- 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:
Age Groups Accepted:
- accepts adults
- accepts young adults over 18
Gender Accepted:
- inpatient heroin rehab for women
- heroin rehab for men
Exclusive Services:
