Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program - Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program is an addiction treatment center located at 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive in the 63125 zip code in Saint Louis, MO. It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides prescribes suboxone, administers naltrexone and buprenorphine maintenance. Some of the treatment approaches used by Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program include motivational interviewing, rational emotive behavioral therapy and relapse prevention. Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program provides residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment services and 30 day rehab. It also provides dual diagnosis treatment and treatment for substance use. Other addiction treatment offered includes treatment for gambling disorder.

Address: 1 Jefferson Barracks Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63125

  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. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  14. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  15. Screening & Testing
  16. Transitional Services
  17. Ancillary Services
  18. Other Addictions Treatment
  19. Counseling Services and Education
  20. Medical Services
  21. Tobacco/Screening Services
  22. Facility Smoking Policy
  23. Age Groups Accepted
  24. Gender Accepted
  25. Exclusive Services
  26. Services for deaf

Here are the full facility listing details on Saint Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Abuse Treatment Program in Saint Louis, MO:

Types of Care:

  • treatment for substance abuse
  • treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

Service Settings:

  • outpatient treatment
  • long term rehab
  • outpatient day treatment
  • intensive outpatient treatment services
  • regular outpatient treatment
  • 30 day rehab

Hospitals:

  • General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

  • Buprenorphine clinical treatment
  • Naltrexone treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

  • In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

  • Administers medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment:

  • buprenorphine maintenance
  • suboxone prescription
  • naltrexone administration
  • relapse prevention from naltrexone
  • buprenorphine for pain management

Pharmacotherapies:

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

Treatment Approaches:

  • anger management
  • brief intervention services
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • motivational incentives
  • DBT
  • motivational interviewing
  • rational emotive behavioral therapy
  • relapse prevention
  • counseling for substance abuse
  • counseling for trauma victims

Facility Ownership:

  • the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

  • Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  • Certified by The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

  • Accepts Military insurance
  • Accepts private health insurance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

  • adult women
  • LGBT
  • co-occurring mental health / addiction treatment
  • people with trauma
  • people with co-occurring pain and substance use

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment

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
  • Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

  • Housing services
  • Mental health services
  • Self-help groups
  • Mentoring/Peer support

Other Addictions Treatment:

  • gambling disorder treatment

Counseling Services and Education:

  • individual counseling services
  • counseling for groups
  • counseling for families
  • counseling for couples
  • substance use education
  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS education, counseling and support
  • health education services

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:

  • adults
  • young adults

Gender Accepted:

  • women
  • men

Exclusive Services:

  • Serves Veterans only

Services for deaf:

  • Service for hearing impaired

Phone #: 314-652-4100 x66376

Call (855) 274-2412 for 24/7 help with treatment.

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