Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center Veterans Affairs

Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center Veterans Affairs - Wilkes Barre, PA

Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center Veterans Affairs is a substance and mental health treatment facility located at 1111 East End Boulevard in the 18711 zip code in Wilkes Barre, PA. It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center Veterans Affairs provides administers naltrexone, buprenorphine maintenance and prescribes suboxone. Some of the treatment approaches used by Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center Veterans Affairs include 12 step rehabilitation, rational emotive behavioral therapy and relapse prevention. Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center Veterans Affairs also specializes in detox services and offers inpatient alcohol detoxification. Wilkes Barre Va Medical Center Veterans Affairs provides residential rehab, outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment and outpatient rehab. It also provides inpatient dual diagnosis treatment, residential substance abuse treatment and inpatient detox services. Other addiction treatment offered includes treatment for internet use disorder, treatment for gambling disorder and treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder.

Address: 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Hospitals
  4. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  5. External Opioid Medications Source
  6. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  7. Type Of Treatment
  8. Pharmacotherapies
  9. Treatment Approaches
  10. Facility Ownership
  11. License/Certification/Accreditation
  12. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  13. Payment Assistance Available
  14. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  15. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  16. Screening & Testing
  17. Transitional Services
  18. Ancillary Services
  19. Other Addictions Treatment
  20. Detoxification
  21. Counseling Services and Education
  22. Medical Services
  23. Tobacco/Screening Services
  24. Facility Smoking Policy
  25. Age Groups Accepted
  26. Gender Accepted
  27. Exclusive Services

Here are the full facility listing details on Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center Veterans Affairs in Wilkes Barre, PA:

Types of Care:

  • inpatient detox
  • residential treatment for substance use
  • inpatient treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

  • inpatient hospital rehabilitation
  • outpatient rehabilitation
  • long-term rehab
  • hospital inpatient detoxification
  • intensive outpatient treatment
  • outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • regular outpatient treatment
  • short term inpatient rehab

Hospitals:

  • General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

  • Buprenorphine clinical treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

  • In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

  • Prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

  • buprenorphine maintenance
  • prescribes suboxone
  • administers naltrexone
  • relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

  • Acamprosate (Campral)
  • Disulfiram (Antabuse)
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone (Ex. Suboxone)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
  • Medications for psychiatric disorders
  • Medications for Hepatitis C treatment

Treatment Approaches:

  • anger management
  • brief intervention
  • CBT
  • motivational incentives
  • dialectical behavior therapy
  • motivational interviewing
  • matrix model
  • rational emotive behavioral therapy
  • relapse prevention treatment
  • counseling for substance abuse
  • counseling for trauma victims
  • 12-step rehab

Facility Ownership:

  • the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

  • Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  • Hospital licensing authority
  • Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

  • Accepts Federal funding
  • Accepts IHS/Tribal/Urban payments
  • Accepts Medicare
  • Accepts Medicaid
  • Accepts Military insurance
  • Accepts private health insurance
  • Accepts self-payment
  • Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

  • Payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

  • rehab for adult women
  • adult men
  • LGBT
  • veterans
  • judicial clients
  • co-occurring addiction and mental health treatment
  • sexual abuse victims
  • people with trauma

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:

  • case management
  • domestic violence services
  • HIV early intervention
  • sober housing services
  • mental health services
  • self help meetings
  • social skills development
  • help with transportation
  • group meetings

Other Addictions Treatment:

  • treatment for non-substance use addiction disorder
  • gambling disorder treatment
  • internet use disorder treatment

Detoxification:

  • inpatient alcohol detox

Counseling Services and Education:

  • individual counseling services
  • counseling for groups
  • family counseling
  • 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:

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

  • adult rehab
  • accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

  • women
  • men

Exclusive Services:

  • Veteran rehab only

Phone #: 570-824-3521

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