Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System McAllen Outpatient Clinic

Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System McAllen Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Facility Smoking Policy
• Smoking not permitted

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Type of Care

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Treatment Approaches

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Outpatient

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted