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About Va Puget Sound Healthcare System

Type of Care

1. Substance use treatment

Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

2. Detoxification

Treatment given to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol in order to stop them from being addicted.

3. Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Refers to treatment services intended to help their clients’ ability to function as a result of substance use and/or mental disorders. By definition, serious mental illness is someone over 18 having (within the past year) a diagnosable mental, behavior, or emotional disorder that causes serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities. For people under the age of 18, the term ‟Serious Emotional Disturbance” refers to a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder in the past year, which resulted in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits the child’s role or functioning in family, school, or community activities.

Type of Opioid Treatment

1. Methadone maintenance

Comprehensive treatment program that involves the long-term prescribing of methadone as an alternative to the opioid on which the client was dependent.

2. Methadone detoxification

3. Buprenorphine maintenance

4. Buprenorphine detoxification

5. Relapse prevention with naltrexone

Program or group specifically tailored for relapse prevention from Naltrexone which helps people retrain their minds and behaviors to avoid alcohol as a solution to emotional or psychological triggers.

6. Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program

The process by which the SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Division of Pharmacologic Therapies determines that an OTP is qualified to provide opioid treatment under 42 CFR Part 8. For additional information on the OTP certification process, see http://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/opioid-treatment-programs/.

7. Prescribes buprenorphine

8. Prescribes naltrexone

9. Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification

10. Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

1. Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Buprenorphine is used in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to help people reduce or quit their use of heroin or other opiates.

2. Naltrexone used in Treatment

3. Methadone used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

1. Naltrexone (oral)

2. Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)

3. Methadone

4. Nicotine replacement

Administers nicotine to the body by means other than tobacco, without other harmful chemicals found in tobacco. Common forms of nicotine replacement therapy are nicotine patches, nicotine gum or lozenges, nasal spray and inhaler. The goal of nicotine replacement is to prevent cravings in a tobacco user, allowing the person to abstain from tobacco.

5. Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Medications that do not contain nicotine but are designed to reduce a person's craving for tobacco. Some common examples are Bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin) and Nortriptyline (Pamelor). Medications are often prescribed in conjunction with counseling or support groups to provide the best chance for achieving long-term smoking abstinence. (http://www.mayoclinic.com)

6. Acamprosate (Campral®)

7. Disulfiram

8. Buprenorphine with naloxone

A prescription medication that combines buprenorphine (which helps relieve symptoms of opiate withdrawal) and naloxone (reverse the effects of narcotics) used to treat opioid addiction.

9. Buprenorphine without naloxone

An opioid used to treat opioid addiction by relieving the symptoms of withdrawal. It can be used under the tongue, by injection, as a skin patch, or as an implant.

10. Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)

An injection used to treat moderate to severe opioid use disorder. This is for adults who received a prescribed or illegal oral transmucosal (used under the tongue or inside the cheek) buprenorphine-containing medicine at a dose that controls withdrawal symptoms for a minimum of 7 days.

11. Medications for HIV treatment

12. Medications for Hepatitis C treatment

13. Clonidine

14. Medication for mental disorders

Treatment Approaches

1. Cognitive behavioral therapy

Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

2. Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.

3. Substance use disorder counseling

A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.

4. Trauma-related counseling

Multiple types of therapy designed to treat clients suffering from a traumatic event(s).

5. Brief intervention

A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.

6. Contingency management/motivational incentives

A treatment approach for drug and alcohol use. This approach uses a positive-reinforcement treatment method in which patients are given rewards for constructive actions taken toward their recovery.

7. Motivational interviewing

A counseling approach which acknowledges that many people experience ambivalence when deciding to make changes. The aim is not to focus immediately on the action of changing, but to work to enhance motivation to change.

8. Relapse prevention

A cognitive behavioral therapy developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted later for treatment of cocaine addiction. Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors. Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitive behavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as provide help for people who experience relapse.

Facility Smoking Policy

1. Smoking not permitted

Smoking is not allowed.

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

1. Residential/24-hour residential

2. Outpatient

Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.

3. Short-term residential

4. Residential detoxification

5. Outpatient detoxification

6. Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

7. Intensive outpatient treatment

8. Regular outpatient treatment

Hospitals

1. General Hospital (including VA hospital)

A hospital in which patients with many different types of ailments are given care.

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

1. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Facility operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, including general hospitals, and/or residential treatment programs, and/or psychiatric out­patient clinics.

2. Federal Government

License/Certification/Accreditation

1. State Substance use treatment agency

Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring substance use disorder services in their respective state.

2. State mental health department

Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring critical mental health services in their respective state.

3. State department of health

4. Hospital licensing authority

5. The Joint Commission

An independent, not-for-profit group in the United States that administers voluntary accreditation programs for hospitals and other healthcare organizations.

6. Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

An independent non-profit accreditor of health and human services.

7. SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)

8. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

1. Cash or self-payment

Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

2. Medicaid

A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

3. Medicare

The federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.

4. State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

5. Private health insurance

6. Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

7. Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Financial assistance provided by the federal, state, or local government for substance use treatment.

Language Services

1. Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Service provided for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Special Programs/Groups Offered

1. Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.

2. Veterans

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Veterans.

3. Adult women

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult women.

4. Adult men

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult men.

5. Clients who have experienced trauma

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.

Ancillary Services

1. Case management service

Helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports through a case manager who monitors the needs of clients/patients and their families and coordinates services, such as mental health, social work, health, educational, vocational, recreational, transportation, advocacy, and respite care, as needed.

2. Integrated primary care services

These services address the general health care needs of persons with mental and substance use disorders. These general health care needs include the prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease) that can be aggravated by poor health habits such as inadequate physical activity, poor nutrition, and smoking. The services include screening, care coordination with staff, and providing linkages to ensure that all patient needs are met in order to promote wellness and produce the best outcomes.

3. Suicide prevention services

Services include identifying risk factors; educating staff on the signs of suicidal behavior and using methods to detect risk; and the assessment, intervention, and management of suicidal patients including treatment of an underlying mental or substance use disorder, and use of psychotropic medication, supportive services, and education. Hotlines help individuals to contact the nearest suicide prevention mental health provider.

4. Child care for clients' children

A treatment program that offers child care for children while their parents are in treatment.

5. Domestic violence services, including family or partner

Provide safety assistance to victims of domestic violence.

6. Early intervention for HIV

Early detection and treatment of HIV, which can help prevent the onset of AIDS and other opportunistic infections.

7. Mental health services

Assessment, diagnosis, treatment or counseling in a professional relationship to assist an individual or group in alleviating mental or emotional illness, symptoms, conditions or disorders.

8. Social skills development

9. Transportation assistance

Recovery Support Services

1. Mentoring/peer support

2. Housing services

Are designed to assist individuals with finding and maintaining appropriate housing arrangements.

3. Employment counseling or training

Advises, coaches, provides information to and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction.

4. Self-help groups

Groups in which members share the same issue, condition, or situation and thus are in a position to provide help and support to each other.

5. Recovery coach

Are provided by mental health consumers and include mental health treatment or support services, such as social clubs, peer-support groups, and other peer-organized or consumer-run activities (e.g., consumer satisfaction evaluations of mental health treatment).

Assessment/Pre-treatment

1. Screening for tobacco use

Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.

2. Comprehensive mental health assessment

An examination used to determine if a patient is functioning on a healthy psychological, social, or developmental level. It can also be used to aid diagnosis of some neurological disorders, specific diseases, or possible drug abuse.

3. Comprehensive substance use assessment

4. Interim services for clients

5. Screening for mental disorders

Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions and needs treatment.

6. Screening for substance use

Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.

7. Complete medical history/physical exam

Education and Counseling Services

1. Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.

2. Individual counseling

Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

3. Group counseling

Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.

4. Marital/couples counseling

5. HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support

Access to education, counseling, and support groups to ‘at risk’ individuals and also individuals who have been infected with the virus.

6. Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis

Any combination of learning experiences designed to help individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing their knowledge or influencing their attitudes.

7. Substance use disorder education

8. Hepatitis education, counseling, or support

Provides education, counseling, and guidance and support for individuals who are at risk for or potentially infected with the hepatitis virus.

9. Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

1. Alcohol Detoxification

2. Benzodiazepines Detoxification

Used to help patients safely and successfully purge their bodies of Benzodiazepines, or Benzos, so that they can proceed to the next stage of addiction treatment.

3. Cocaine Detoxification

4. Methamphetamines detoxification

5. Opioids detoxification

6. Medication routinely used during detoxification

Other Services

1. Treatment for gambling disorder

Age Groups Accepted

1. Young Adults

Facility accepts young adults (18-25) for treatment.

2. Adults

Facility accepts adults (26-64) for treatment.

Gender Accepted

1. Female

Female

2. Male

Male

Transitional Services

1. Aftercare/continuing care

2. Discharge Planning

A process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from the hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community.

3. Naloxone and overdose education

Testing

1. Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing

A device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample.

2. Drug or alcohol urine screening

Analyzes your urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications.

3. HIV testing

Determines whether you are infected with HIV, a virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

4. STD testing

Testing to determine the type of sexually transmitted disease a person may be carrying.

5. TB screening

Skin tests that are used to screen people who are at high risk for TB exposure such as people with diseases or conditions that weaken their immune system.

6. Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)

Involves blood test that measure HBV (Hepatitis B virus) antigens and antibodies.

7. Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Test for Hepatitis C, which is usually done and recommended for persons currently injecting drugs, ever injected drugs, were prior recipients of transfusions or organ transplants, or have certain medical conditions, including persons: 1. who received clotting factor concentrates produced before 1987 2. who were ever on long-term hemodialysis 3. with persistently abnormal alanine aminotransferase levels (ALT) 4. who have HIV infection

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

1. Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

2. This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

1. In-network prescribing entity

Medical Services

1. Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination

2. Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Facility Vaping Policy

1. Vaping not permitted

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