Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for substance abuse
• inpatient treatment for drug or alcohol addiction and mental health diagnosis

Service Settings:

• outpatient addiction treatment
• partial hospitalization
• intensive outpatient treatment program
• regular outpatient treatment

Hospitals:

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Non-medication treatment for AUD
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• In-network prescribing entity

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Disulfiram (Antabuse)
• Medications for psychiatric disorders

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• motivational incentives
• DBT
• motivational interviewing
• matrix model
• rational emotive behavioral therapy
• relapse prevention treatment
• substance use counseling approach
• counseling for trauma victims
• 12 step rehabilitation

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• State mental health department
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Certified by the Council on Accreditation
• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
• Hospital licensing authority
• Certified by The Joint Commission
• Certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Federal funding
• Accepts Military insurance
• Accepts private health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance available

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• rehab for veterans
• co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
• people with co-occurring pain plus substance use

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

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• mental health services
• self help meetings
• social skills training
• transportation assistance
• professional interventionist
• peer support

Other Addictions Treatment:

• general addiction disorder treatment

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling services
• group counseling
• family counseling
• counseling for couples
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS education
• 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:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Gender Accepted:

• rehab center for women
• rehab center for men

Exclusive Services:

• Rehab for veterans only