Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Types of Care:

• substance use treatment

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• residential treatment
• intensive outpatient treatment
• regular outpatient treatment
• long-term residential treatment

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• community reinforcement
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix Model
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• trauma counseling
• 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• No payment accepted

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• transitional-age young adults
• adult women
• pregnant and postpartum women
• adult men
• seniors and older adults
• LGBT
• veterans
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• people with HIV or AIDS
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• people with co-occurring pain and substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• STD testing
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

• Naloxone and overdose education

Ancillary Services:

• Case management
• Domestic violence services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Housing services
• Mental health services
• Self-help groups
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance

Other Addictions Treatment:

• Treatment for gambling disorder

Counseling Services and Education:

• group counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education, counseling and support
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis A vaccination

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

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available