Hershel Woody Williams VAMC Outpatient Treatment Program

Services & Programs

Treatment Approaches

• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Matrix Model
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Anger management
• Trauma-related counseling
• Motivational interviewing
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Relapse prevention
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services
• Employment counseling or training

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Medical Services

• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Opioids detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Marital/couples counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Family counseling
• Individual counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Group counseling

Exclusive Services

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

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

• Residential/24-hour residential
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Long-term residential
• Outpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Members of military families
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Seniors or older adults
• Adult men
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Active duty military
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Adult women

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Transitional Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine detoxification

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

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

Testing

• STD testing
• TB screening
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• HIV testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Drug or alcohol urine screening

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Social skills development
• Early intervention for HIV
• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services
• Acupuncture
• Integrated primary care services

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission
• Hospital licensing authority

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for substance use
• Interim services for clients
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for mental disorders

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Disulfiram
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Nicotine replacement
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medication for mental disorders
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Lofexidine
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine with naloxone

Location

Address: 1540 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, WV 25704

Phone: (866) 418-3591

Website: http://huntington.va.gov

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