James H Quillen VAMC - Mountain Home Tennessee

James H Quillen VAMC - Mountain Home, TN

James H Quillen Vamc is treatment center located at Corner Of Lamont And Veterans Way in the 37684 zip code in Mountain Home, TN that offers medication assisted treatment for addiction. It accepts people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, court/judicial system clients and people with trauma into its treatment program. James H Quillen Vamc provides suboxone prescription, buprenorphine maintenance and naltrexone administration to young adults and adults. Some of the treatment approaches used by James H Quillen Vamc consist of 12-step facilitation, trauma-related counseling and substance use counseling. James H Quillen Vamc also includes detox programs and offers cocaine detoxification, alcohol detox and opioid detox.

Address: Corner of Lamont and Veterans Way, Mountain Home, TN 37684

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Hospitals
  4. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  5. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  6. Type Of Treatment
  7. Pharmacotherapies
  8. Treatment Approaches
  9. FacilityOwnership
  10. License/Certification/Accreditation
  11. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  12. Payment Assistance Available
  13. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  14. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  15. Screening & Testing
  16. Transitional Services
  17. Ancillary Services
  18. Detoxification
  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 James H Quillen VAMC in Mountain Home, TN:

Types of Care at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Detoxification
  • Substance use treatment
  • Treatment for co-occurring serious mental health illness/serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders

Service Settings at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Hospital inpatient treatment
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Residential treatment
  • Hospital inpatient detoxification
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment
  • Long-term residential treatment
  • Short-term residential treatment

Hospitals at James H Quillen Vamc

  • General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Opioid Medications used in Treatment at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Buprenorphine used in Treatment
  • Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment at James H Quillen Vamc

  • This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type Of Treatment at James H Quillen Vamc

  • buprenorphine maintenance
  • suboxone prescription
  • naltrexone administration
  • relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies at James H Quillen Vamc

  • 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 at James H Quillen Vamc

  • brief intervention
  • cognitive behavioral therapy
  • contingency management/motivational incentives
  • motivational interviewing
  • relapse prevention
  • substance use counseling
  • trauma-related counseling
  • 12-step facilitation

FacilityOwnership at James H Quillen Vamc

  • the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  • The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use programs
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported at James H Quillen Vamc

  • adult women
  • veterans
  • court/judicial system clients
  • people with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders
  • people with trauma

Assessment/Pre-treatment at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing at James H Quillen Vamc

  • 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 at James H Quillen Vamc

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

Ancillary Services at James H Quillen Vamc

  • case management
  • domestic violence services
  • early intervention for HIV
  • housing services
  • mental health services
  • self-help groups
  • social skills development
  • transportation assistance
  • mentoring/peer support

Detoxification at James H Quillen Vamc

  • alcohol detox
  • benzodiazepines detoxification
  • cocaine detoxification
  • methamphetamines detoxification
  • opioid detox

Counseling Services and Education at James H Quillen Vamc

  • individual counseling
  • group counseling
  • family counseling
  • marital/couples counseling
  • substance use education
  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS education, support and counseling
  • health education services
  • employment counseling or training

Medical Services at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Hepatitis A vaccination
  • Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted at James H Quillen Vamc

  • adults
  • young adults

Gender Accepted at James H Quillen Vamc

  • women
  • men

Exclusive Services at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Serves Veterans only

Services for deaf at James H Quillen Vamc

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing are available

Phone #: 423-926-1171

Call (866) 434-2077 for 24/7 help with treatment.

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