Birmingham VA Healthcare System - Psychiatric Hospital in Birmingham, AL

Birmingham VA Healthcare System is a samhsa-listed psychiatric hospital in Birmingham, AL (35210). 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 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: Birmingham East VA East Clinic. Ownership type: government. Facility type: General Hospital (including VA hospital). Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.

Levels of care & settings

• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Mental health treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Substance use treatment
• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Clozapine
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Medication for mental disorders
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Olanzapine
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone

Treatment approaches

• Anger management
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Case management service
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Crisis intervention team
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Discharge Planning
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Education services
• Employment counseling or training
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care services
• Intensive case management
• Mental health services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Recovery coach
• Self-help groups
• Social skills development
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing
• Transportation assistance
• 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
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• 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
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• U.S. Department of VA funds

Age groups served

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Languages

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

Licensing & accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission

About psychiatric hospitals in Birmingham

Psychiatric hospitals provide acute inpatient mental health and substance use treatment with 24-hour clinical supervision. They serve people who need a secure, medically monitored setting, including those at risk of harm to themselves or others. These listings are unrated: no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.

Ask about admission criteria, staffing and psychiatrist coverage, safety and visitation policies, how discharge and follow-up care are arranged, and what insurance or payment is accepted. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Psychiatric Hospitals directory for Birmingham, the Jefferson County psychiatric hospitals list, or all care types in Birmingham.

For context, this directory lists 4 psychiatric hospitals in Birmingham; 5 across Jefferson County; 1 in ZIP 35210.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 35210 · Psychiatric Hospitals in ZIP 35210

Other psychiatric hospitals in Birmingham

Nearest psychiatric hospitals by distance

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Key facts

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record 9ceba4e59204663f). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.