Aleda E Lutz VAMC Alpena CBOC

Services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Testing

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

Location

180 North State Avenue, Alpena, MI 49707

Phone: (866) 453-5835

Website: http://www.saginaw.va.gov/locations/alpena.asp

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