El Paso Veterans Affairs Healthcare Behavioral Health Services

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Transitional Services

• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Pharmacotherapies

• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Disulfiram
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Clonidine
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Naltrexone (oral)

Education and Counseling Services

• Marital/couples counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission

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

• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Language Services

• Spanish

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for tobacco use
• Interim services for clients
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment

Medical Services

• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Adult men
• Seniors or older adults
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Adult women
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence

Ancillary Services

• Social skills development
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Case management service
• Transportation assistance
• Early intervention for HIV
• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services

Treatment Approaches

• Motivational interviewing
• Brief intervention
• Relapse prevention
• Anger management
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• 12-step facilitation
• Trauma-related counseling
• Matrix Model
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

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

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Recovery Support Services

• Self-help groups
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Housing services
• Employment counseling or training
• Mentoring/peer support

Testing

• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• STD testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• HIV testing

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male