Veterans eligible for VA medical care may apply for general mental health treatment including specialty services.Mental health services are available in specialty clinics, primary care clinics, nursing homes, and residential care facilities where veterans receive health care.
Specialized programs, such as mental health intensive case management, day centers, work programs and psychosocial rehabilitation are provided for those with serious mental health problems.
The list of services and programs that Mental Health supports include: inpatient care, residential care, outpatient mental health care, homeless programs, programs for incarcerated veterans, specialized PTSD services, military sexual trauma, psychosocial rehabilitation & recovery services, substance use disorders, suicide programs, geriatrics, violence prevention, evidence-basedased psychotherapy programs, mental health disaster response/post deployment activities
For more information on VA Mental Health services visit http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/VAMentalHealthGroup.asp
Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program
Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Prpgrams (MH RRTP) (including Domiciliary RRTPs) provides residential rehabilitative and clinical care to Veterans who have a wide range of problems, illnesses, or rehabilitative care needs which can be medical, psychiatric, substance use, homelessness, vocational, educational, or social.
The MH RRTP provides a 24-hour therapeutic setting utilizing a milieu of peer and professional support. The programs provide a strong emphasis on psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery services that instill personal responsibility to achieve optimal levels of independence upon discharge to independent or supportive community
living. MH RRTP also provides rehabilitative care for veterans who are homeless.
Eligibility: VA may provide domiciliary care to veterans whose annual gross household income does not exceed the maximum annual rate of VA pension or to veterans the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines have no adequate means of support.
The copays for extended care services apply to domiciliary care. Call your nearest benefits or health care facility to obtain the latest information.