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Branford, CT
Addiction treatment and mental health care
Veterans Affairs
Connecticut Healthcare System
Veterans Affairs provides addiction treatment and mental health care in Newington, CT, with outpatient services. People seeking care can access intensive outpatient treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. Payment options include private health insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare.
555 Willard Avenue, Suite 116-A, Newington, CT, 06111
Services & treatment options
Treatment
Type of Care
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Care setting
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Partial hospitalization/day treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
Opioid Medications used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
External Opioid Medications Source
- In-network prescribing entity
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- In-network prescribing entity
Type of Opioid Treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Buprenorphine maintenance
- Prescribes buprenorphine
- Prescribes naltrexone
Pharmacotherapies
- Acamprosate (Campral®)
- Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
- Aripiprazole
- Buprenorphine with naloxone
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Clonidine
- Clozapine
- Disulfiram
- Lurasidone
- Medication for mental disorders
- Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Olanzapine
- Quetiapine
- Risperidone
- Ziprasidone
Treatment Approaches
- 12-step facilitation
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Activity therapy
- Anger management
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Couples/family therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Group therapy
- Individual psychotherapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Motivational interviewing
- Relapse prevention
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Trauma-related counseling
Assessment/Pre-treatment
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Screening for tobacco use
Testing
- Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- HIV testing
- Laboratory testing
- Metabolic syndrome monitoring
- STD testing
- TB screening
- Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
- Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
Medical Services
- Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
- Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
Emergency Mental Health Services
- Psychiatric emergency onsite services
- Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Who we help
Special Programs/Groups Offered
- Adult women
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Seniors or older adults
- Veterans
Age Groups Accepted
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Gender Accepted
- Female
- Male
Payment & insurance
Payment and insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- U.S. Department of VA funds
Payment Assistance Available
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Support services
Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
Recovery Support Services
- Assistance with obtaining social services
- Employment counseling or training
- Housing services
- Mentoring/peer support
- Recovery coach
- Self-help groups
Other Services
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Education and Counseling Services
- Family counseling
- Group counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
- Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
- Individual counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Substance use disorder education
- Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Integrated primary care services
- Intensive case management
- Mental health services
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Suicide prevention services
- Supported employment
- Supported housing
- Vocational rehabilitation services
Language Services
- Spanish
About the center
Hospitals
- General Hospital (including VA hospital)
Facility operation
- Federal Government
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
License/Certification/Accreditation
- The Joint Commission
Facility Smoking Policy
- Smoking not permitted
Facility Vaping Policy
- Vaping not permitted
Facility Type
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility