VA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemResidential Treatment in Pittsburgh, PA
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This is the VA's mental health services program for Veterans. The program provides care for conditions including PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, military sexual trauma (MST), substance use problems, and other mental health needs related to military service. Services are available to Veterans regardless of discharge status or VA health care enrollment. The VA served over 1.7 million Veterans with mental health services last year. Services range from peer support with other Veterans to counseling, therapy, medication, or combinations of these options. Veterans can access care by calling or walking into any VA medical center or Vet Center, calling 877-222-8387, or using Veterans Crisis Line services. The program also offers online self-help portals, mental health apps, and telemental health services for those unable to access in-person care.
Role
Residential Treatment
What a first session looks like
Virtual & In-PersonContact your nearest VA medical center or Vet Center, call 877-222-8387 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET), or call/walk in to any VA medical center anytime day or night to schedule an appointment with a VA mental health provider.
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Evidence-based approaches
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention. Practices noticing urges without acting on them, building the gap between trigger and choice.
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