Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) - Detox Center in Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC) is a samhsa-listed detox center in Philadelphia, PA (19104). 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 Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PVAMC)

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: Addiction Recovery Unit. Ownership type: government. Facility type: General Hospital (including VA hospital). Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.

Levels of care & settings

• Detoxification
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Mental health treatment
• Outpatient
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Substance use treatment

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Aripiprazole
• Brexpiprazole
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Cariprazine
• Chlorpromazine
• Clonidine
• Clozapine
• Disulfiram
• Fluphenazine
• Haloperidol
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Loxapine
• Lurasidone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Medication for mental disorders
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Paliperidone
• Perphenazine
• Pimozide
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prochlorperazine
• Quetiapine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Risperidone
• Thioridazine
• Thiothixene
• Trifluoperazine
• Ziprasidone

Treatment approaches

• 12-step facilitation
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Activity therapy
• Anger management
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Cognitive remediation therapy
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Ketamine Infusion Therapy
• 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
• Interim services for clients
• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Outreach to persons in the community
• 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

• 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
• Marital/couples counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

Ancillary & recovery services

• Acupuncture
• Aftercare/continuing care
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• 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
• Intensive case management
• Legal advocacy
• 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
• Self-help groups
• Social skills development
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Transportation assistance
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• 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
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with eating disorders
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
• Veterans

Payment, insurance & assistance

• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• 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
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Opioids detoxification

Licensing & accreditation

• The Joint Commission

About detox centers in Philadelphia

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 Philadelphia, the Philadelphia County detox centers list, or all care types in Philadelphia.

For context, this directory lists 9 detox centers in Philadelphia; 4 in ZIP 19104.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 19104 · Detox Centers in ZIP 19104

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record 0259a1d6305afc5a). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.