Wilkes Barre VAMC Wiiliamsport Outpatient Clinic

Wilkes Barre VAMC Wiiliamsport Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Facility Smoking Policy
• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Type of Care

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

Ancillary Services

• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Integrated primary care services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Family psychoeducation
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Supported housing
• Diet and exercise counseling

Testing

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement

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

• Outpatient

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use