Central Texas VA Healthcare System Waco VA Medical Center – Waco

Central Texas VA Healthcare System provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in Waco.

• Mental Health Treatment
• Dual Diagnosis Rehabilitation Center

Central Texas VA Healthcare System is run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Central Texas VA Healthcare System provides treatment in the following settings.

• Hospital inpatient mental health treatment
• Outpatient mental health rehabiliation
• Residential mental health rehab

Central Texas VA Healthcare System provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Central Texas VA Healthcare System utilizes the following treatment approaches.

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Trauma therapy

Central Texas VA Healthcare System utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.

• Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®)
• Fluphenazine (Prolixin®)
• Haloperidol (Haldol®)
• Loxapine (Loxitane®)
• Perphenazine (Trilafon/Etrafon/Triavil/Triptafen®)
• Pimozide (Orap®)
• Prochlorperazine (Compazine/Compro®)
• Thiothixene (Navane®)
• Thioridazine (Mellaril/Melleril®)
• Aripiprazole (Abilify®) 
• Clozapine (Clozaril®) 
• Lurasidone (Latuda®) 
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) 
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination (Symbyax®) 
• Paliperidone (Invega Trinza®) 
• Quetiapine (Seroquel®) 
• Risperidone (Risperdal®)
• Ziprasidone (Geodon®) 

Information regarding payment(s) accepted at Central Texas VA Healthcare System and possible financial assistance.

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private Insurance
• Cash or Self Payment
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Information regarding specialty programs and groups offered at Central Texas VA Healthcare System.

• Seniors or older adults
• Seniors or older adults
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ) clients
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)

Central Texas VA Healthcare System offers the following screening and testing services to mental health clients.

• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• TB Screening

Central Texas VA Healthcare System provides the following ancillary services in addition to mental health treatment.

• Case management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Intensive case management
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care services
• Mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Suicide prevention services
• Vocational rehabilitation services