About Altoona VA James E. Van Zandt – State College OP Clinic
State College VA Clinic is located on Clyde Avenue within the State College metropolitan area in Centre County, Pennsylvania. They offer primary medical care alongside specialty care like mental health services, wound care and smoke and tobacco cessation for veterans and their families. The facility also offers recovery social support services and specialized care for homeless veterans and victims of military sexual trauma.
The great thing about this clinic is that most of these services are available via telehealth. This virtual option lets you receive care in a convenient way that fits your schedule while easing transportation constraints. Cost is not even much of an issue with this clinic since they accept Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare. You may even receive financial aid if you meet the eligibility criteria.
Addiction Recovery With Same-Day Help and Medication Support
State College VA Clinic offers outpatient substance use treatment as part of their broader mental health care. They’re also equipped to handle dually diagnosed substance use and mental disorders. The clinic can help you address all issues affecting your emotional wellbeing.
It’s especially helpful that they support same-day help as this ensures immediate access to care. The clinic offers substance use consultation and evaluation alongside personalized treatment planning and confidential therapy.
Therapy is delivered in group and individual formats and equips you with practical tools to manage life challenges that lead to substance dependence. They may also offer medication-assisted treatment or MAT as part of your tailored care if you’re struggling with opioid use issues.
MAT is a proven methods that use FDA-approved meds to help you curb physiological cravings and minimize painful withdrawal symptoms. The technique also involves counseling to address underlying psychological issues and builds strong coping skills to prevent relapse and achieve lasting abstinence.
Wood Care and Recovery Support Services
You can be susceptible to skin infections like abscesses, cellulitis and endocarditis if you inject IV drugs. This is due to bacteria entering the body through unsterile needles, poor injection practices or contaminated substances. These skin issues may spread to deeper tissues leading to complications like sepsis or cause permanent damage to the affected skin area when left untreated.
The wound care experts at State College VA Clinic can help you address all skin conditions related or unrelated to your substance use. This forms part of a comprehensive care plan geared towards improving your general wellbeing.
Part of this care also includes linkage to VA community resources to address needs like accommodation and employment alongside transportation and legal assistance. This helps you maintain stability and remain committed to your lasting recovery plan as you move forward.
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Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.
Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
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Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
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The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.
Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Accreditation Number: 4583
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(877) 626-2500 
2581 Clyde Avenue
State College, PA 16801
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