Birmingham VA Healthcare System - Mental Health Facility in Bessemer, AL
Birmingham VA Healthcare System is a samhsa-listed mental health facility in Bessemer, AL (35022). 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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Contact details
Telephone: 205-428-3495
Street address: 975 9th Avenue SW, Suite 400, Bessemer, AL 35022
County: Jefferson County
How to verify Birmingham VA Healthcare System
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: Bessemer VA Clinic. Ownership type: government. Facility type: Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility. Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.
Levels of care & settings
- Mental health treatment
- Outpatient
- Substance use treatment
Medications & pharmacotherapies
- Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
- Clozapine
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Olanzapine
- Quetiapine
- Risperidone
Treatment approaches
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Group therapy
- Individual psychotherapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Assessment & testing
- HIV testing
- Laboratory testing
- Metabolic syndrome monitoring
- Screening for tobacco use
Education & counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
Ancillary & recovery services
- Case management service
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Crisis intervention team
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Housing services
- Illness management and recovery
- Integrated primary care services
- Mentoring/peer support
- Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Suicide prevention services
- Supported housing
- Vocational rehabilitation services
Special programs & populations
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Veterans
Payment, insurance & assistance
- Cash or self-payment
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- U.S. Department of VA funds
Age groups served
- Adults
- Seniors
- Young Adults
Facility type & operation
- Federal Government
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility
About mental health treatment in Bessemer
Mental health treatment providers offer counseling, therapy, medication management, and psychiatric care for conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, in outpatient or residential settings. These listings are unrated: SAMHSA publishes no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.
Ask which conditions and age groups are served, whether medication management and psychiatry are available, how appointments and wait times work, and what insurance or payment is accepted. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Mental Health Treatment directory for Bessemer, the Jefferson County mental health treatment list, or all care types in Bessemer.
For context, this directory lists 7 across Jefferson County; 1 in ZIP 35022.
ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 35022 · Mental Health Treatment in ZIP 35022
Nearest mental health treatment by distance
Straight-line distances estimated from ZIP-centroid coordinates, not driving distance. Confirm a facility's location directly.
Key facts
| Care type | Mental Health Facility |
|---|---|
| Ownership | government |
| Facility type | Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility |
| Medications for opioid use disorder | Yes |
| Treats co-occurring disorders | No |
| Detox/withdrawal management | No |
| Source record ID | c4ba29263dea1caf |
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Data provenance
Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record c4ba29263dea1caf). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.
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