Department Of Va Medical Center is an addiction treatment center situated at 700 South 19th Street in the 35233 zip code of Birmingham, AL.
It is run by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Department Of Va Medical Center offers naltrexone administration, relapse prevention from naltrexone and buprenorphine maintenance. Department Of Va Medical Center provides outpatient rehab, outpatient detox services and outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment. Some of the treatment approaches used by Department Of Va Medical Center include anger management, cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma counseling. Department Of Va Medical Center also provides detox services that include inpatient alcohol detoxification, inpatient opioid detoxification and residential benzodiazepines detox. It provides transitional and sober living, inpatient detox services and residential treatment for substance use.
Here are the full facility listing details on Department of VA Medical Center in Birmingham, AL:
Types of Care:
- inpatient detoxification
- transitional housing
- residential treatment for substance use
Service Settings:
- outpatient rehab
- outpatient detox services
- IOT
- outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- regular outpatient treatment
Hospitals:
- General Hospital (including VA hospital)
Opioid Medications used in Treatment:
- Buprenorphine clinical treatment
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:
- Administers medication for alcohol use disorder
Type Of Treatment:
- buprenorphine detoxification
- buprenorphine maintenance
- suboxone prescription
- administers naltrexone
- relapse prevention from naltrexone
- buprenorphine for pain management
Pharmacotherapies:
- Acamprosate (Campral)
- Disulfiram (Antabuse)
- Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
- Medications for psychiatric disorders
- Medications for HIV treatment
- Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
- Clonidine
Treatment Approaches:
- anger management
- brief intervention services
- cognitive behavioral therapy
- motivational incentives
- DBT
- motivational interviewing
- relapse prevention
- substance use counseling approach
- counseling for trauma victims
Facility Ownership:
- the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
License/Certification/Accreditation:
- Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
- Certified by The Joint Commission
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:
- Accepts Federal funding
- Accepts Military insurance
- Accepts private health insurance
Payment Assistance Available:
Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:
- veterans
- dual diagnosis treatment
- co-occurring substance abuse and pain treatment
Assessment/Pre-treatment:
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
Screening & Testing:
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- HIV testing
- Screening for Hepatitis B
- Screening for Hepatitis C
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- STD testing
- TB screening
- Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
- Testing for metabolic syndrome
Transitional Services:
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
Ancillary Services:
- Case management
- Domestic violence services
- Early intervention for HIV
- Housing services
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
- Professional interventionist/Educational consultants
- Mentoring/Peer support
Detoxification:
- inpatient alcohol detoxification
- residential benzodiazepines detox
- inpatient opioid detox
Counseling Services and Education:
- individual counseling services
- group counseling
- counseling for families
- marital/couples counseling
- substance use education
- hepatitis education, counseling and support
- HIV/AIDS counseling
- health education services
- employment counseling and training
- vocational training
Medical Services:
- Hepatitis A vaccination
- Hepatitis B vaccination
Tobacco/Screening Services:
- Nicotine replacement therapy
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
- Screening for tobacco use
- Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling
Facility Smoking Policy:
Age Groups Accepted:
- adult rehab
- accepts young adults
Gender Accepted:
Exclusive Services:
Services for deaf:
- Service for hearing impaired