VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin use
• inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and heroin use

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin treatment
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment program
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone used in treatment
• Buprenorphine treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Non-medication treatment for AUD
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• 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
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• counseling for trauma victims

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for vets
• 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
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills development
• group meetings

Other Addictions Treatment:

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

Counseling Services and Education:

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

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

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

Exclusive Services:

• Serves Veterans only