Wilkes Barre VAMC

Wilkes Barre VAMC

Services:
Recovery Support Services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Testing

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Pharmacotherapies

• Haloperidol
• Paliperidone
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Clozapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Ancillary Services

• Illness management and recovery
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Case management service
• Education services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Legal advocacy
• Family psychoeducation
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Supported housing
• Supported employment
• Assertive community treatment
• Integrated primary care services
• Intensive case management
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Language Services

• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Activity therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Group therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Individual psychotherapy

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Other Languages

• Hindi
• French

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with eating disorders
• Members of military families
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Emergency Mental Health Services

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