Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin abuse

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• residential heroin rehab
• IOT
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• 60 and 90 day inpatient heroin rehab

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

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 (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• community reinforcement
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention treatment
• 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 Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Free heroin drug rehab

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• heroin rehab for transitional-age young adults
• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for pregnant women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• heroin rehab for seniors and older adults
• heroin rehab for LGBT
• heroin rehab for vets
• judicial clients
• dual diagnosis treatment
• people with HIV or AIDS
• sexual abuse victims
• domestic violence victims
• people with trauma
• people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• STD testing
• TB screening

Transitional Services:

• Naloxone and overdose education

Ancillary Services:

• case managers
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• mental health services
• self-help groups
• social skills development
• transportation assistance

Other Addictions Treatment:

• gambling disorder treatment

Counseling Services and Education:

• group counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis A 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:

• Serves Veterans only

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available