Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System McAllen Outpatient Clinic

Valley Coastal Bend Healthcare System McAllen Outpatient Clinic

Services:
Emergency Mental Health Services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Language Services

• Spanish
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Federal Government
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Intensive case management
• Family psychoeducation
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Supported housing
• Suicide prevention services
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Supported employment

Testing

• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Laboratory testing

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Group therapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• U.S. Department of VA funds

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans

Pharmacotherapies

• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Lurasidone
• Olanzapine
• Risperidone
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Clozapine
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Quetiapine

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services