VA Western Colorado Health Care System

About VA Western Colorado Health Care System – Grand Junction, Colorado

VA Western Colorado Health Care System’s Grand Junction Medical Center is located in Grand Junction, Colorado. They offer substance use disorder treatment to veterans in the local area. You have access to an expert healthcare team with experience and training in the unique challenges faced by Veterans of the U.S. Military. Plus, Lincoln Park is to the south, where you can visit the arboretum and just stretch your legs.

Your program is designed to help you overcome addiction to drugs or alcohol, matching your care to services like group therapy, counseling, or medication. There are outpatient and inpatient tracks.. The inpatient residential facility helps you deal with the emotional, mental, and physical aspects of substance abuse, addiction, homelessness, mental health, and unemployment.

They provide 24-hour therapeutic and educational programs to support your health maintenance and rehabilitation. Behavioral health programs help address addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions like depression, trauma, PTSD, schizophrenia, and OCD. Grand Junction offers same day help and assistance even if you aren’t enrolled in the VA Healthcare system.

Individual and group therapy is available to treat addictive behaviors, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychiatric conditions like bipolar disorder and depression. Their goal is to provide you with timely quality care using evidence-based approaches. They specialize in serving veterans through research and education as well as treatment.

In addition to the inpatient and outpatient care available at this location, you have access to marriage and family counseling to address the challenges you might face after active duty or because of addiction. You can receive continuing care and relapse prevention for a sustainable recovery.

Most people have applied for VA Health Care to pay for the majority of their substance use disorder programs. Without VA Health Care benefits, you may receive care if you’re homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, or served in a combat zone.

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Richard Salgueiro

Executive Director

Mathew Tekansik

Associate Director

Keith Thomas

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Marnie Bingham

Associate Director, Patient Care Services

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