Veterans Affairs Medical Center Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program

Services

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment

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

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults
• Members of military families
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Treatment Approaches

• Ketamine Infusion Therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Group therapy
• Couples/family therapy

Pharmacotherapies

• Ziprasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Clozapine

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicare
• Other State funds
• County or local government funds
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• Community Service Block Grants
• Private health insurance
• State education agency funds
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

Location

3350 La Jolla Village Drive, Unit 116-A, San Diego, CA 92161

Phone: (866) 453-5835

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

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