Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Detox Center in Washington, DC

Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a samhsa-listed detox center in Washington, DC (20422). SAMHSA publishes no ratings, inspections, or quality scores for these listings; confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly with the provider.

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How to verify Veterans Affairs Medical Center

These listings are drawn from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov national directory (the N-SUMHSS), a public-domain U.S. government dataset (17 U.S.C. 105). SAMHSA has not reviewed or endorsed this site. Before you rely on this listing, confirm licensing, services, eligibility, and cost directly with the provider. These listings are unrated: no ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so there is no score to check.

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Ownership & operation

Legal name: Substance Abuse Recovery Program. Ownership type: government. Facility type: General Hospital (including VA hospital). Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.

Levels of care & settings

• Detoxification
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Mental health treatment
• Outpatient
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Chlorpromazine
• Clonidine
• Clozapine
• Disulfiram
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Fluphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Lurasidone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Medication for mental disorders
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Methadone
• Methadone detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone used in Treatment
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Paliperidone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Quetiapine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Risperidone
• Ziprasidone

Treatment approaches

• 12-step facilitation
• Anger management
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Matrix Model
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Trauma-related counseling

Assessment & testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Education & counseling

• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Ancillary & recovery services

• Acupuncture
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Case management service
• Crisis intervention team
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Discharge Planning
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Early intervention for HIV
• Employment counseling or training
• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
• Housing services
• Integrated primary care services
• Mental health services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Recovery coach
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Transportation assistance
• Vocational rehabilitation services

Special programs & populations

• Adult men
• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Seniors or older adults
• Veterans

Payment, insurance & assistance

• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Age groups served

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility type & operation

• Federal Government
• General Hospital (including VA hospital)
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Detoxification services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Opioids detoxification

Licensing & accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• Federally Qualified Health Center
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
• The Joint Commission

About detox centers in Washington

Detox centers provide medically supervised withdrawal management - often called detox - for alcohol, opioids, and other drugs, with monitoring and stabilization before ongoing treatment. Some are hospital-based and some are freestanding. These listings are unrated: no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.

Ask whether medical coverage is available around the clock, how withdrawal is managed, whether a plan for ongoing treatment is included, and what the program costs. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Detox Centers directory for Washington, the District of Columbia detox centers list, or all care types in Washington.

For context, this directory lists 5 detox centers in Washington; 1 in ZIP 20422.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 20422 · Detox Centers in ZIP 20422

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Key facts

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record c9f2962c287c9370). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.