Lebanon VAMC Berks VA Outpatient Clinic

Lebanon VAMC Berks VA Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Perphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Chlorpromazine
• Prochlorperazine

Testing

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

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Ancillary Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Type of Care

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

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

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Treatment Approaches

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)