Atlanta VA Healthcare System Mental Health (116A)

Atlanta VA Healthcare System Mental Health (116A)

Services:
Recovery Support Services
• Employment counseling or training
• Mentoring/peer support
• Self-help groups
• Housing services

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Transitional Services

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

Treatment Approaches

• Trauma-related counseling
• Anger management
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Brief intervention
• Relapse prevention
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Medical Services

• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

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

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Mental health services
• Suicide prevention services

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Opioids detoxification

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Methadone maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Methadone detoxification
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone

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

• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Type of Care

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Substance use disorder education
• Individual counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Group counseling

External Opioid Medications Source

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders

Testing

• TB screening
• STD testing
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• HIV testing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Interim services for clients
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use

Pharmacotherapies

• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Nicotine replacement
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Methadone
• Disulfiram
• Clonidine
• Medication for mental disorders
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment