Col C David Merkel MD Veterans Residential Program

Col C David Merkel MD Veterans Residential Program

Services:
Transitional Services
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Education and Counseling Services

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for tobacco use
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for mental disorders

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Early intervention for HIV
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Transportation assistance

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Adult men
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Members of military families
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Active duty military

Recovery Support Services

• Self-help groups
• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Employment counseling or training
• Recovery coach

Pharmacotherapies

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

Testing

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• State Substance use treatment agency
• State department of health

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Gender Accepted

• Male

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Buprenorphine maintenance

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Private non-profit organization

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

• Long-term residential
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Short-term residential

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Type of Care

• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment
• Detoxification

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicaid