Central Texas VA Healthcare Austin Outpatient Clinic

Central Texas VA Healthcare Austin Outpatient Clinic

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Testing

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Pharmacotherapies

• Chlorpromazine
• Haloperidol
• Thioridazine
• Pimozide
• Paliperidone
• Prochlorperazine
• Risperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Quetiapine
• Trifluoperazine
• Thiothixene
• Perphenazine
• Loxapine
• Clozapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Fluphenazine
• Aripiprazole

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

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

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Ancillary Services

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