El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

Services:
Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Federal Government

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
• Substance use treatment

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Pharmacotherapies

• Paliperidone
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Aripiprazole
• Clozapine
• Risperidone
• Ziprasidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Lurasidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Quetiapine

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Education services
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Illness management and recovery
• Supported housing

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Language Services

• Spanish

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

• Outpatient

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling