(Serving the Drexel Hill area, Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) is 5.4 miles from Drexel Hill, PA)
Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) Addiction Recovery Unit
39th and Woodland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA. 19104
215-823-4070
Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) is committed to assisting any person with a drug or alcohol use problem in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania and its surrounding areas find complete recovery. It provides several programs - such as inpatient drug and alcohol rehab facilities, long term drug treatment, outpatient substance abuse treatment services, detox facilities, short term rehab programs and others - in line with its philosophy of the addiction treatment and rehabilitation methods that are effective in recovery. This addiction treatment center also believes that clients require individual care to be able to stop abusing drugs and alcohol.
As such, Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) has specialized in motivational interviewing, contingency management/motivational incentive, brief intervention approach, cognitive/behavior therapy, couple/family therapy, anger management and more. At the same time, it accepts patients who are co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, treatment for spanish-speaking clients, substance abuse education, housing services, legal advocacy, persons with serious mental illness, and others. This substance abuse treatment facility uses treatment methods that can help patients to achieve sobriety and abstinence from the substances of abuse that they have used in the past.
In terms of payment, clients in Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) can pay for services using private pay, private medical insurance, medicaid, medicare, payment assistance, other state funds, county or local government funds and others.
Service Setting:
Hospital Inpatient, Inpatient Drug Rehab, Long-Term Drug Rehab, Outpatient Detox, Regular Outpatient Treatment, Hospital Inpatient Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient Treatment, General Hospital(including VA hospital)
Treatment Approaches:
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Telemedicine Therapy, Relapse prevention, Substance abuse counseling approach, 12-step facilitation approach
Payment Types Accepted:
No Payment Accepted
Special Programs Offered:
Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender (LGBT) Clients, Veterans, Clients Referred From The Court/Judicial System (Other Than Dui/Dwi), Seniors Or Older Adults, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Adult Women, Adult Men, Persons With HIV Or Aids, Transitional Age Young Adults, Aftercare/continuing care, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Drug or alcohol urine screening, Discharge Planning, Family counseling offered, Housing services, Individual counseling offered, Interim services for clients, The Joint Commission, Marital/couples counseling offered, Mental health services, Substance abuse education, Screening for Hepatitis C, Screening for substance abuse
Exclusive Services:
Dui/Dwi Clients
Age Groups Accepted:
Young Adults, Adults, Seniors (65 Or Older)
Gender Accepted:
Female, Male
Language Services:
Services For The Hearing-Impaired
Smoking Policy:
Smoking Not Allowed
Facility Operation:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs