Mental Health Care in Washington, DC

Veterans Affairs Medical Center

What Does Veterans Affairs Medical Center Offer?

Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a mental health facility at 50 Irving Street NW 3-C North, Unit 116-A, Washington, District of Columbia, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy and hospital inpatient care. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and TMS. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

50 Irving Street NW 3-C North, Unit 116-A
Washington, DC 20422

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Veterans Affairs Medical Center

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
  • Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • U.S. Department of VA funds

Crisis and Emergency Services

  • Crisis intervention team
  • Psychiatric emergency onsite services
  • Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Veterans
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Persons with eating disorders
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Licensing and Accreditation

  • Federally Qualified Health Center

Medications Used

  • Chlorpromazine
  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Aripiprazole
  • Clozapine
  • Lurasidone
  • Olanzapine
  • Paliperidone
  • Quetiapine
  • Risperidone
  • Ziprasidone
  • Nicotine replacement
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Supported employment
  • Supported housing
  • Vocational rehabilitation services
  • Case management service
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in District of Columbia lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Washington mental health care page.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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