Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Types of Care:

• supervised heroin detox
• residential heroin use treatment
• inpatient treatment for heroin addiction and mental health diagnosis

Service Settings:

• inpatient hospital heroin rehabilitation
• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• hospital inpatient heroin detoxification
• outpatient heroin detoxification
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine clinical treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Personal physician/health care provider

Type Of Treatment:

• buprenorphine detoxification
• buprenorphine maintenance
• suboxone prescription
• 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
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention services
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• relapse prevention treatment
• counseling for substance abuse
• 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 Military insurance

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
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use

Transitional Services:

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education

Ancillary Services:

• housing services
• mental health services
• help with transportation
• peer support

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detoxification
• residential heroin detoxification

Counseling Services and Education:

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

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

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

Exclusive Services:

• Rehab for veterans only

Services for deaf:

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available