Lake City VA Medical Center
619 South Marion Avenue
Lake City, FL 32025
About Lake City VA Medical Center
Lake City VA Medical Center is located on South Marion Avenue in Lake City, Florida. They offer primary care and specialty services. This includes addiction/substance use care, PTSD care and homeless veteran care. Their substance use care uses proven therapeutic methods to help veterans break free from dangerous drug/alcohol use and addiction. This is achieved through psychotherapy groups, addiction education and medication assisted treatment. The facility offers ambulatory detox, residential inpatient treatment and general and intensive outpatient care.
Ambulatory detox basically rids off addiction related toxins from your body in preparation for the main therapy. Unlike medically supervised detox this withdrawal takes place at your home without 24/7 monitoring. You’ll still visit the hospital though for regular check-ins and medical support to better manage the withdrawal symptoms.
The main thing to know is that this is an outpatient detox. After detox, you can continue your recovery with any of the other levels of care depending on your unique condition. Inpatient care takes place in their residential facility. It is highly structured and involves intensive therapy with 24 hours support by the recovery personnel. This can be ideal if you're struggling with severe addictions.
Otherwise, consider either their general or intensive outpatient services. The latter is relatively structured and involves more intense therapy. You can expect to participate in up to nine hours of group sessions weekly. The general outpatient may require just 90 minutes of therapy weekly.
That said, both are very flexible since you can receive treatment without disrupting your everyday routine. The facility offer medication assisted treatment whenever relevant to your recovery. This is especially so if you’re dealing with addiction to opioids, alcohol and stimulants. The technique uses medicine alongside group and individual therapy to support recovery.
They even address substance use disorders with co-occurring PTSD as part of their broader PTSD care. This program delivers multiple proven treatment models including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and prolonged exposure therapy in a group format. Services include focused group therapy, psychiatric assessment and medication management.
Their whole health services can help you take charge of your health and wellbeing. This is just the complementary healing you need to tackle your behavioral issues including PTSD and substance misuse. It involves meditation/mindfulness training, massage therapy and acupuncture. Yoga, tai chi and qigong classes are all aspects of this program. This focuses on healing your mind, body and spirit.
Suppose you're already homeless or at risk of losing your home due to severe substance use disorder. In that case, you can access support through their homeless veteran care. You may receive transitional or permanent housing, job training and life skills education through this program.
The best part is you can access these services without breaking the bank. They accept Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE. You can get help via VA financial hardship assistance as well. That is if you're uninsured and unable to pay for your treatment due to financial difficulties. They can even help with transportation to your appointment if you're eligible.