Birmingham VA HealthCare System Childersburg VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Childersburg VA Clinic

Services:
Facility Vaping Policy
• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Medicare
• Private health insurance

Testing

• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• TB screening
• STD testing
• Laboratory testing

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Treatment Approaches

• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Pharmacotherapies

• Clozapine
• Asenapine
• Ziprasidone
• Quetiapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Olanzapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Aripiprazole
• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Fluphenazine
• Paliperidone
• Lurasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Federal Government

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults