Atlanta VA Healthcare System – Mental Health (116A) – Decatur, Georgia
1670 Clairmont Road, Decatur, Georgia, 30033
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- U.S. Department of VA funds
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Addiction Resource Score
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In this guide, we explain exactly how we rate treatment centers—from accreditation and staff credentials to therapy options, facility environment, and family involvement. You'll see how we assign scores, award badges, and update listings to ensure accuracy and fairness. Most importantly, our system focuses on elevating centers that prioritize ethical, evidence-based care, not just those with the best marketing. This way, you can trust that the ratings you see reflect meaningful standards that help you find the right fit for lasting recovery.
9.7
Out of 10
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Employment counseling or training
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Benzodiazepines Detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
- Medication routinely used during detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Veterans
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Persons with Alzheimers or dementia
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Active duty military
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Complete medical history/physical exam
Treatment Modalities
- Individual psychotherapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Activity therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Group counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Intervention Services
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Relapse prevention
Conditions Treated
- Mental health treatment
- Alcoholism
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
- Outpatient
- Outpatient detoxification
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Hospital inpatient detoxification
- Aftercare
- Halfway house
License and Accreditation
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
- The Joint Commission
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Ancillary Services
- Assertive community treatment
- Intensive case management
- Case management service
- Chronic disease/illness management
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Illness management and recovery
- Integrated primary care services
- Legal advocacy
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Suicide prevention services
- Supported employment
- Supported housing
- Therapeutic foster care
- Vocational rehabilitation services
- Mental health services
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Most private insurances accepted