VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic

Types of Care:

• substance use treatment
• dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Does not use medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• Personal physician/health care provider

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• methadone maintenance

Pharmacotherapies:

• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Methadone
• Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant (Probuphine)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• trauma counseling

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• veterans
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Housing services
• Mental health services
• Self-help groups
• Social skills development
• Mentoring/Peer support

Other Addictions Treatment:

• Treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder

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, counseling and support
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

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:

• adults
• young adults

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Exclusive Services:

• Serves Veterans only