Alaska VA Healthcare and Behavioral Health Services
1201 North Muldoon Road
Anchorage, AK 99504
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About Alaska VA Healthcare and Behavioral Health Services
VA Alaska health care is a Veteran-focused substance use and mental health treatment provider in Anchorage, Alaska located at the Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System.
The facility offers substance use disorder care across standard and intensive outpatient as well as 24-hour residential levels and comprehensive mental health services.
As part of the federal VA system it delivers addiction care within what I found to be a full-spectrum medical setting built specifically for Veterans and their needs.
What kinds of addiction treatment are offered?
The Anchorage campus provides SUD standard and intensive outpatient as well as 24-hour residential care. Mental health services include counseling, psychiatric care, and family or couples therapy when appropriate.
I found telehealth visits are also available for mental health support.
Who can get help here?
VA Alaska health care serves Veterans, their families, and caregivers. I discovered the campus offers specialized care for women Veterans and returning service members, homeless Veterans, and LGBQ+ Veterans plus military sexual trauma care.
Do they take insurance or self-pay?
Facility visits are free through the VA. Payment options may also include TRICARE, Medicare, Medicaid, self-pay, sliding scale, and financial aid for eligible Veterans.
Amenities
Private drug rehab provides a comfortable, secure environment that allows you to focus on doing the work to get your life back on track. Benefits include a higher staff-to-client ratio, increased one-on-one time with therapists and healthcare providers, private rooms for clients, and customized forms of therapy.
Addiction Treatment Programs
Each young adult program in Alaska focuses on meeting the social, educational, psychological, physical, and spiritual needs of young adults who are struggling with addiction. Programs vary from inpatient to outpatient, offering different levels of care.
Each adult program in Alaska is unique, but they all share the same goal of recovery. These programs offer treatment of substance abuse disorders for individuals 18 and older. Methods typically include a combination of therapies, medication, and social support.
Alcohol rehab in Alaska provides a combination of psychotherapeutic and medical methods to treat alcohol dependency. The aim of treatment is to help participants learn how to achieve and maintain sobriety and live a healthy lifestyle, free from the consequences caused by alcohol abuse.
Gender-specific addiction treatment can target recovery issues faced by men. Men’s rehab in Alaska focuses on challenges specific to males as they struggle with alcohol or drug use disorders.
The techniques used to treat substance use disorders among men don’t always work as effectively with women. That’s why women’s rehab in Alaska provides gender-specific treatment that focuses on the unique needs of women.
Opioid rehab in Alaska is designed to help individuals cease destructive, opioid-dependent behaviors and guide them to recovery. Treatment addresses physical, mental, and emotional issues that drive these behaviors.
In Alaska, cognitive behavioral therapy is used widely in substance use disorder treatment. It helps by teaching people how to address problematic feelings and thoughts so they can overcome addiction and move forward in recovery.
Elderly rehab in Alaska offers specialized addiction treatment for senior adults. Programs are typically for ages 55 and older or 65 and older. Treatment is tailored to the unique circumstances and needs of the elderly population.
The same techniques used to treat men for substance use disorders don’t always work as effectively with women. That’s why women’s rehab in Alaska provides gender-specific treatment that focuses on the unique needs of women.
Veterans who are struggling with addiction can get specialized treatment at Veteran’s rehab in Alaska. Programs include targeted services for returning combat Veterans, homeless Veterans, and women Veterans. These services focus on the unique needs of Veterans who are facing addiction.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an integrative, community-based care strategy designed to address the needs of persons with severe and/or complex mental illness or behavioral disorders. ACT is typically provided by a multidisciplinary team of medical and mental health care providers, social workers, therapists, and other specialists, including addiction recovery professionals. These services are frequently provided in the home and community to clients in crisis, those who are clinically unstable, and those who are unable or unwilling to travel to a hospital or clinic for in-person treatment.
Alaska VA Healthcare offers proven treatment options for Veterans with alcohol, opioid, and tobacco use disorders, combining medication, counseling, and peer support across its Anchorage-based health care system.
The Alaska VA provides evidence-based therapies including Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure, along with medications, to treat PTSD in Veterans alongside co-occurring substance use concerns.
Veterans in crisis can connect with qualified responders through Alaska VA Healthcare's suicide prevention services, with after-hours support available via the Veterans Crisis Line at 988.
Alaska VA Health Care System offers telehealth options so Veterans across Alaska can access mental health and substance use treatment remotely, closer to home rather than traveling to Anchorage.
Levels of Care
Alaska VA Healthcare offers outpatient treatment for substance use disorders at its Anchorage location, combining counseling, medication options, and peer support for Veterans managing alcohol, opioid, or tobacco use disorders.
The Alaska VA integrates substance use treatment with care for PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, addressing co-occurring conditions for Veterans through a coordinated behavioral health approach.
Once you leave the structure of rehab, you’ll face many decisions and temptations. Alaska aftercare rehab is there to support you as you build your life in recovery. It provides accountability and encouragement to maintain sobriety. Aftercare may include 12-step programs, access to counseling, and life coaching.
The Alaska VA Health Care System offers residential, live-in rehabilitation programs for Veterans with substance use disorders, providing a structured setting for those needing more intensive, round-the-clock recovery support.
Alaska VA Healthcare provides medically managed detoxification services alongside medications for opioid, alcohol, and tobacco use disorders, helping Veterans safely manage withdrawal while beginning evidence-based addiction treatment.
Sober living in Alaska offers a transitional environment during your early days of recovery. These alcohol- and drug-free living arrangements provide peer support and a structured lifestyle for the first few months of sobriety.
Veterans in Anchorage can access intensive outpatient treatment for substance use disorders through the Alaska VA Health Care System, providing structured therapy and recovery support beyond standard outpatient visits.
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Kimberly Hawkins holds a master’s degree in computing and information sciences from East Tennessee State University. She is a content writer specializing in alcoholism, drug addiction, and co-occurring disorders. Kimberly has been passionate about the subject of addiction since her only sibling passed away due to an accidental overdose. Her other interests include playing the piano, being in tranquil natural environments, and spending time with her adult children.
Rehabs.org regularly reviews this listing for accuracy but changes may occur between updates. For the most up-to-date information, please contact Alaska VA Healthcare and Behavioral Health Services.
