Alaska VA Healthcare System

Alaska VA Healthcare System

Services:
Treatment Approaches
• Individual psychotherapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Activity therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Testing

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Asenapine
• Thioridazine
• Loxapine
• Brexpiprazole
• Lurasidone
• Clozapine
• Cariprazine
• Risperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Fluphenazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Perphenazine
• Quetiapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Chlorpromazine
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Olanzapine
• Ziprasidone
• Haloperidol
• Paliperidone
• Nicotine replacement

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Outpatient
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Residential/24-hour residential

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services