VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center for Treatment of Addictive Disorders

Types of Care:

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

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehab
• long-term heroin rehab
• outpatient heroin detox services
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment program
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• 30 day inpatient heroin rehab programs

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone used in treatment
• Buprenorphine treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

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

Pharmacotherapies:

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

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention
• counseling for substance abuse
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Military insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for vets
• dual diagnosis treatment
• sexual abuse victims
• people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• 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
• Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment
• gambling disorder treatment

Detoxification:

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

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• family counseling
• marital/couples counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education
• health education services

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:

• heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Rehab for veterans only

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available