Syracuse VA Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic

Services

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Type of Care

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

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

• Outpatient

Pharmacotherapies

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

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Intensive case management
• Supported employment
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Legal advocacy
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Location

620 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, NY 13204

Phone: (866) 453-5762

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

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