Syracuse VA Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic

Syracuse VA Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

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

• Outpatient

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Lurasidone
• Fluphenazine
• Quetiapine
• Paliperidone
• Risperidone
• Chlorpromazine
• Thioridazine
• Olanzapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Nicotine replacement
• Haloperidol
• Clozapine

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Education services
• Case management service
• Supported employment
• Family psychoeducation
• Supported housing
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Legal advocacy
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Type of Care

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