Alexandria VA Healthcare System Substance Use Disorder Services (SUDS)

Services

Recovery Support Services

• Employment counseling or training
• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Mentoring/peer support

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

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Medical Services

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

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Education and Counseling Services

• Individual counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Marital/couples counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Testing

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

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

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Transitional Services

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

Exclusive Services

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State Substance use treatment agency
• The Joint Commission

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Medication for mental disorders
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)

Type of Care

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Ancillary Services

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans
• Members of military families
• Active duty military

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Prescribes buprenorphine

Location

2495 Shreveport Highway, Building 49, Pineville, LA 71360

Phone: (866) 453-5762

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

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