VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System

Mental Health

If you qualify for VA health care, you can get high-quality mental health services as part of your benefits. You may also be able to get care for certain mental health problems even if you don't have VA health care.

About the Program

Behavioral Health Services offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. We provide consultation, evaluation, and treatment for a variety of issues that can impact emotional well-being.

• addiction to drugs or alcohol, addictive behaviors
• post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• depression, sadness, grief
• anxiety, worry, nervousness
• family and relationship problems, transitioning home
• vocational/avocational issues
• stress from medical problems or pain
• emotions, managing anger, aggression
• self-harming thoughts or behaviors
• confusion, and memory problems
• homelessness

Services Offered

Behavioral health offers the following services —

Topeka

• Acute Inpatient Psychiatry
• Adult Learning Center 
• Compensated Work Therapy
• Continued Care Psychiatry
• Continuous Supportive Self-Care Program (Case Management) 
• Day Treatment Center 
• Geropsychiatry 
• Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program
• Home Based Primary Care Services
• Incentive Therapy
• Integrated Primary Care-Mental Health Services
• Mental Health Clinic
• Mental Health Intensive Case Management 
• Neuropsychology Services 
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (Outpatient) 
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment
• Suicide Preventive Services  
• Supportive Employment
• Transitional Residence Programs
• Vocational Services 

Leavenworth

• Compensated Work Therapy
• Domiciliary Services 
• Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program 
• Incarcerated Veterans Re-entry Program 
• Mental Health Clinic
• Psychiatry and Addictions Recovery Treatment
• Psychosocial Recovery
• Psychosocial Rehabilitation Treatment 
• Supportive Employment
• Vocational Services 

We also provide outreach to homeless veterans.

Confidentiality

Mental health services are confidential. We will not talk to anyone about information you share unless you give written consent. Under federal law, a few exceptions to this rule exist. If you have questions, please ask your mental health consultant.