Families

Substance Use (VA)

This web page provides information for patients about substance use treatment options available through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, motivational enhancement therapy, and medications.

Sitgma and OUD

Nurse Practitioner Vanessa Loukas, a PCSS expert, discusses the issue of stigma in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—from the patients to the providers who treat them.

Project RESPECT

The Project RESPECT team supports patients throughout their recovery journey during the entire first year postpartum and offer monitored, acute substance withdrawal treatment and induction of medications for opioid use disorder in pregnant patients seeking treatment.