James E Van Zandt VA Medical Center

Services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment

Ancillary Services

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Active duty military
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

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

• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Type of Care

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Location

2907 Pleasant Valley Boulevard, Altoona, PA 16602

Phone: (866) 453-5835

Website: http://www.altoona.va.gov

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