(Serving the Forksville area, Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center is 46.5 miles from Forksville, Pennsylvania)
Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center Veterans Affairs
1111 East End Boulevard
Wilkes Barre, PA. 18711
570-824-3521
Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center is committed to helping anyone with an alcohol or drug abuse disorder in the local community find complete recovery. It provides several programs - such as outpatient hospital programs, short term addiction treatment programs, outpatient detox centers, inpatient treatment centers, long term treatment facilities and others - in line with its philosophy of the recovery care and rehabilitation methods that work in recovery. This drug and alcohol rehab facility also believes that clients require individual treatment and care to be able to stop abusing drugs and alcohol.
As such, Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center has specialized in behavior modification, dual diagnosis drug rehab, couple/family therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, group therapy, trauma-related counseling and more. Similarly, it accepts patients who are persons with post-traumatic stress disorder, programs for the hearing impaired, self-help groups, seniors or older adults, residential beds for client's children, active duty military, and others. This addiction treatment center uses care modalities that can assist clients to maintain lasting and permanent sobriety and abstinence from the substances of abuse that they have used in the past.
In terms of payment, clients in Wilkes Barre VA Medical Center can pay for services using private insurance, cash or self-payment, payment assistance, medicare, medicaid, other state funds, county or local government funds and others.
Service Setting:
Hospital Inpatient, Inpatient Drug Rehab, Short-Term, Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Regular Outpatient Treatment, Hospital Inpatient Detoxification, 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:
Cash or Self-Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Private Health Insurance, Military Insurance (e.g., Tricare)
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), Adult Women, Adult Men, 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, Accepts clients on opioid medication, Substance abuse education, Screening for Hepatitis C, Screening for substance abuse, Treatment for gambling disorder, Treatment for internet use disorder
Age Groups Accepted:
Young Adults, Adults
Gender Accepted:
Female, Male
Smoking Policy:
Smoking Not Allowed
Facility Operation:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs