Syracuse VAMC Oswego Outpatient Clinic

Syracuse VAMC Oswego Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Veterans

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

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

• Private for-profit organization

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

• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Type of Care

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Education services
• Case management service
• Suicide prevention services
• Intensive case management
• Supported housing
• Legal advocacy