Southeast Louisiana VA HCS Baton Rouge VA Clinic

Southeast Louisiana VA HCS Baton Rouge VA Clinic

Services:
Language Services
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Spanish

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Active duty military
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Ancillary Services

• Supported employment
• Education services
• Supported housing
• Family psychoeducation
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Chronic disease/illness management

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

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

Testing

• Laboratory testing

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Group therapy

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

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment

Other Languages

• Creole
• Japanese