VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System UD Division

Services

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• STD testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• TB screening
• HIV testing

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Activity therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Ketamine Infusion Therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Group therapy

Pharmacotherapies

• Perphenazine
• Risperidone
• Haloperidol
• Fluphenazine
• Asenapine
• Pimozide
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Loxapine
• Prochlorperazine
• Nicotine replacement
• Cariprazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Brexpiprazole
• Lurasidone
• Ziprasidone
• Clozapine
• Olanzapine
• Aripiprazole
• Trifluoperazine
• Paliperidone
• Quetiapine
• Thioridazine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Thiothixene

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

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

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Seniors or older adults
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Location

University Drive, Building 29, Pittsburgh, PA 15240

Phone: (866) 453-5762

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

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