Col C David Merkel MD Veterans Residential Program

Types of Care:

• inpatient heroin detox services
• transitional housing
• residential heroin addiction treatment
• inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and heroin use

Service Settings:

• long-term heroin rehab
• 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 detox
• buprenorphine maintenance
• prescribes suboxone
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

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

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• a private non-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• in-patient heroin rehab for adult males
• heroin rehab for veterans
• active duty military
• military families
• dual diagnosis 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
• 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
• recovery training
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• intervention services
• group meetings

Other Addictions Treatment:

• treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder
• treatment for gambling disorder
• treatment for internet use disorder

Detoxification:

• inpatient cocaine detoxification
• in-patient methamphetamines detoxification
• inpatient heroin detox

Counseling Services and Education:

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

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for men