Veterans Affairs (VA; Birmingham, Ala.) wanted to relocate and centralize mental health services from its downtown Birmingham, hospital into a new facility, while also freeing up space in its existing hospital for other services.
The new 71,000-square-foot Birmingham East VA Clinic, opened in January, consolidates outpatient mental health services, including specialty clinics for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder, and psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery, as well as group psychotherapy and psychiatry, day programs, suicide prevention, in-home intensive case management, couples and family therapy, telehealth programs, peer support, and homeless programs.