Wilmington Veterans Affairs Med Ctr

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1601 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19805, USA

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1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, DE 19805 302-994-2511 | 800-461-8262 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

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Relapse prevention from naltrxone
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
  • Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

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

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment
  • General Hospital(including VA hospital)

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Hospital licensing authority
  • The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

Language Services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Veterans
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Persons who have experienced sexual abuse

Ancillary Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Wilmington Veterans Affairs Med Ctr

    1601 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19805

Rehabilitation Process