White River Junction VA Medical Center Behavioral Health Service Line

White River Junction VA Medical Center Behavioral Health Service Line

Services:
Testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• STD testing
• HIV testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• TB screening

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

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

• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Long-term residential
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Short-term residential
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for mental disorders
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for substance use
• Interim services for clients

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Early intervention for HIV
• Case management service
• Transportation assistance
• Integrated primary care services
• Mental health services
• Acupuncture
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Social skills development
• Suicide prevention services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Type of Care

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Family counseling
• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• The Joint Commission

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Pharmacotherapies

• Medications for HIV treatment
• Clonidine
• Disulfiram
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Nicotine replacement
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Acamprosate (Campral�)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

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

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Transitional Services

• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning
• Aftercare/continuing care

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Medical Services

• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Treatment Approaches

• Substance use disorder counseling
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• 12-step facilitation
• Anger management
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Brief intervention
• Relapse prevention
• Motivational interviewing
• Trauma-related counseling

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Opioids detoxification