Birmingham VA HealthCare System Huntsville VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Huntsville VA Clinic

Services:
Facility Smoking Policy
• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

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

Ancillary Services

• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing
• Legal advocacy

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Haloperidol
• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Fluphenazine

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

• Outpatient

Treatment Approaches

• Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Testing

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility