Veterans Affairs Medical Center Addictive Disorders Treatment Program

Types of Care:

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

Service Settings:

• inpatient hospital heroin rehab
• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• long-term heroin rehab
• hospital inpatient heroin detoxification
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment services
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• short-term residential heroin rehab

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine clinical treatment
• Naltrexone clinical treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

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

Treatment Approaches:

• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• trauma counseling
• 12 step rehabilitation

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 Military insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance
• Sliding fee scale

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for vets
• dual diagnosis treatment

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

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• mentoring

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment
• gambling disorder treatment

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detox
• residential benzodiazepines detox
• cocaine detox
• methamphetamines detox
• inpatient opioid detox

Counseling Services and Education:

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

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Rehab for veterans only