Central Texas VA Healthcare Services Temple Substance Abuse Treatment/Employ Program

Types of Care:

• medical heroin detox
• transitional housing
• residential heroin abuse treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehab
• long-term heroin rehab
• outpatient heroin detox services
• outpatient heroin day treatment
• IOT
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• residential heroin detox
• 60 and 90 day inpatient heroin rehab
• short term inpatient heroin rehab

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

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling
• 12-step rehab

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 private health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for postpartum women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• heroin rehab for seniors and older adults
• heroin rehab for LGBT clients
• heroin rehab for vets
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• HIV/AIDS clients
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

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

Screening & Testing:

• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• case management
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills development
• transportation assistance
• group meetings

Other Addictions Treatment:

• treatment for internet use disorder

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detox
• residential benzodiazepines detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

• counseling for individuals
• group counseling
• counseling for families
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling and 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:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Serves Veterans only

Additional Spoken Languages:

• Spanish