Southeast Louisiana VA HCS Houma VA Clinic

Southeast Louisiana VA HCS Houma VA Clinic

Services:
Treatment Approaches
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Group therapy

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

• Private for-profit organization

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Testing

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Pharmacotherapies

• Clozapine
• Lurasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Haloperidol
• Ziprasidone
• Loxapine
• Brexpiprazole
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Thiothixene
• Aripiprazole
• Quetiapine
• Cariprazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Paliperidone
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
• Active duty military
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Assertive community treatment
• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Diet and exercise counseling

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility