Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Honoring America’s Veterans with quality health care services, part of the largest integrated health care

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VA's Gerofit fitness and health promotion program reduces the risk

Protect yourself and your families by getting vaccinated! Free flu vaccine is available in walk-in clinics, Primary Care, and other clinics at all campuses and CBOCs. You cannot get the flu from the flu vaccine. The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with Walgreens to provide free flu shots to Veterans. Read more

VA's Gerofit fitness and health promotion program reduces the risk of the need for nursing home care by developing individually tailored, functionally-based exercise for America's older Veterans. Full Story

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385 Tremont Avenue East Orange, NJ 07018 973-676-1000 Directions

151 Knollcroft Road Lyons, NJ 07939 908-647-0180 Directions

Veterans Crisis Line:1-800-273-8255 (Press 1)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington DC 20420

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
• Methadone detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Relapse prevention from naltrxone
• Buprenorphine used in treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Methadone
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

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

• Hospital inpatient
• Residential
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• General Hospital(including VA hospital)

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• State substance abuse agency
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
• Council on Accreditation
• Other national oraganization

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Veterans

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Ancillary Services

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Opiods Detoxification
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Relapse prevention

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Age Groups Accepted

• Young adults
• Adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only

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