VA Eastern Kansas Healthcare System Addiction Treatment Program LVN

Types of Care:

• supervised heroin detox
• residential heroin addiction treatment
• residential treatment for dual diagnosis

Service Settings:

• inpatient hospital heroin rehab
• outpatient heroin services
• residential heroin rehab
• inpatient hospital heroin detox
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment services
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• residential heroin detox
• residential long term heroin rehab

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine treatment
• Naltrexone clinical treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Administers medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine detoxification
• buprenorphine maintenance
• prescribes suboxone
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone
• buprenorphine for pain management

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
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach
• 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
• Hospital licensing authority
• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

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

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for LGBT
• heroin rehab for vets
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• domestic violence victims
• 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 mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• transportation assistance
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment
• gambling disorder treatment

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detoxification
• residential benzodiazepines detoxification
• residential heroin detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

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

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
• Veteran rehab only