Atlanta VA Healthcare System South Fulton County VA Clinic

Atlanta VA Healthcare System South Fulton County VA Clinic

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Outpatient

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Ancillary Services

• Illness management and recovery
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Family psychoeducation
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Assertive community treatment
• Integrated primary care services
• Intensive case management

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Seniors or older adults

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Thiothixene
• Clozapine
• Pimozide
• Fluphenazine
• Paliperidone
• Loxapine
• Trifluoperazine
• Ziprasidone
• Quetiapine
• Prochlorperazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Brexpiprazole
• Thioridazine
• Lurasidone
• Chlorpromazine
• Risperidone
• Cariprazine
• Perphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Olanzapine

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors