Syracuse VAMC in Syracuse, NY
Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic
About This Facility
Directory information from SAMHSA N-SUMHSS 2025. This listing is not an endorsement or independent verification. Confirm current services, eligibility, and availability directly with the facility.
Services Listed in the Directory
Aftercare/continuing care
Acamprosate (Campral®)
Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
Adults
Facility accepts adults (26-64) for treatment.
Alcohol Detoxification
Anger management
Uses strategies to address the anger cycle, conflict resolution, assertiveness skills, and anger-control plans. The goal of anger management is to reduce both emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes.
In-network prescribing entity
No formal relationship with prescribing entity
Other contracted prescribing entity
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.
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.
Brief intervention
A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.
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.
Buprenorphine maintenance
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.
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.
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
An independent non-profit accreditor of health and human services.
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.
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for clients referred from the court/judicial system.
Clonidine
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.
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.
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.
Comprehensive substance use assessment
Drug or alcohol urine screening
Analyzes your urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications.
Buprenorphine detoxification
Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
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.
Disulfiram
Detoxification
Treatment given to people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol in order to stop them from being addicted.
Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse.
Domestic violence services, including family or partner
Provide safety assistance to victims of domestic violence.
Employment counseling or training
Advises, coaches, provides information to and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction.
Family counseling
A type of psychological counseling (psychotherapy) that can help family members improve communication and resolve conflicts.
Federal Government
Female
Female
Group counseling
Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.
General Hospital (including VA hospital)
A hospital in which patients with many different types of ailments are given care.
Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Medical treatment that is provided in a hospital or other facility and requires at least one overnight stay.
Hospital inpatient detoxification
Hospital inpatient treatment
Housing services
Are designed to assist individuals with finding and maintaining appropriate housing arrangements.
Individual counseling
Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.
In-network prescribing entity
Intensive outpatient treatment
Interim services for clients
The Joint Commission
An independent, not-for-profit group in the United States that administers voluntary accreditation programs for hospitals and other healthcare organizations.
Male
Male
Marital/couples counseling
Medication routinely used during detoxification
Methamphetamines detoxification
Complete medical history/physical exam
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.
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.
Medication for mental disorders
Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
Naloxone and overdose education
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.
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)
Naltrexone used in Treatment
Naltrexone (oral)
Outpatient detoxification
Opioids detoxification
Outcome follow-up after discharge
Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
Outpatient
Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.
Outreach to persons in the community
Regular outpatient treatment
No formal relationship with prescribing entity
Mentoring/peer support
Professional interventionist/educational consultant
This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
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).
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.
Other contracted prescribing entity
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.
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).
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.
Substance use disorder education
Screening for mental disorders
Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions and needs treatment.
Smoking not permitted
Smoking is not allowed.
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.
Social skills development
Screening for substance use
Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.
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.
Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) 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.
Transportation assistance
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.
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.
Treatment for gambling disorder
Treatment for other addiction disorder
Treatment for behavioral addictions or process addictions and occur when a person is dependent upon a specific behavior (i.e. gambling addiction, compulsive shopping disorder, etc.).
Trauma-related counseling
Multiple types of therapy designed to treat clients suffering from a traumatic event(s).
Clients who have experienced trauma
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.
Prescribes buprenorphine
Prescribes naltrexone
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.
Vaping not permitted
Veterans
Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Veterans.
Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
Young Adults
Facility accepts young adults (18-25) for treatment.
Contact and Location
620 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, NY, 13204
Phone: 315-425-3463