Syracuse VA Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic

Syracuse VA Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Veterans
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Education services
• Intensive case management
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Case management service
• Supported housing
• Legal advocacy
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Supported employment

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team

Pharmacotherapies

• Haloperidol
• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Chlorpromazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Lurasidone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Thioridazine
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Aripiprazole
• Fluphenazine
• Quetiapine
• Paliperidone

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

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

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

• Outpatient

Treatment Approaches

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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