Mental Health Care in Buffalo, NY

Department of Veterans Affairs

What Does Department of Veterans Affairs Offer?

Department of Veterans Affairs is a mental health facility at 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, New York, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy, partial hospitalization and hospital inpatient care. It accepts TRICARE. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

3495 Bailey Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14215

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 Department of Veterans Affairs

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Outpatient
Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
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
Couples/family therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

Seniors or older adults
Veterans
Active duty military
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients with HIV or AIDS
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
Persons with eating disorders
Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Aripiprazole
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Mentoring/peer support
Diet and exercise counseling
Family psychoeducation
Intensive case management
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Supported employment
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 New York lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.