Syracuse VAMC Potsdam Outpatient VA Clinic

Syracuse VAMC Potsdam Outpatient VA Clinic

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Type of Care

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

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

• Outpatient

Ancillary Services

• Legal advocacy
• Case management service
• Intensive case management
• Education services
• Integrated primary care services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Suicide prevention services

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Testing

• Laboratory testing

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

• Private for-profit organization

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted