Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program is an addiction treatment center located at 135 East 38th Street in the 16504 zip code in Erie, PA.
It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides naltrexone administration, buprenorphine detoxification and buprenorphine maintenance. Some of the treatment approaches used by Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program include motivational incentives, DBT and brief intervention services. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program also specializes in detox services and offers inpatient alcohol detox and inpatient heroin detox. Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides intensive outpatient heroin treatment, regular outpatient heroin treatment and inpatient hospital heroin rehabilitation. It also provides residential treatment for heroin use, inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and heroin use and supervised heroin detox.
Here are the full facility listing details on Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program in Erie, PA:
Types of Care:
- supervised heroin detox
- residential heroin abuse treatment
- inpatient treatment for heroin addiction and mental health diagnosis
Service Settings:
- inpatient hospital heroin rehabilitation
- outpatient heroin services
- hospital inpatient heroin detox
- outpatient heroin detox services
- 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 treatment
- Naltrexone 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
- prescribes suboxone
- administers naltrexone
- 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
- substance use counseling approach
- trauma counseling
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 veterans
- 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 detox
- inpatient heroin detox
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
Gender Accepted:
- heroin rehab for women
- heroin rehab for men
Exclusive Services:
Services for deaf:
- Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available
