VA Boston Healthcare System

Center for Returning Veterans (OEF/OIF)

The Center for Returning Veterans (CRV) provides assessment and treatment (including individual and group therapy and psychopharmacology) for veterans who have been deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) and who are experiencing post-deployment readjustment concerns. Veterans may be initially assessed in CRV and subsequently referred to appropriate specialty mental health services throughout VA as indicated. Individual treatment offered through the CRV is evidence-based, time-limited, and problem-focused. A variety of theoretical approaches to treatment are utilized; however, cognitive-behavioral methods are emphasized. CRV providers focus on engaging in care veterans who are new to or ambivalent about mental health treatment. Goals of treatment are to improve post-deployment readjustment as reflected by decreased symptoms severity and improved functioning. 

SPECIFIC SERVICES OFFERED:

• Diagnostic assessment and treatment planning
• Referrals for psychopharmacology
  • Evaluation, consultation, and ongoing medication management
• Individual psychotherapy
  • Evidence-based, time-limited and problem-focused interventions including a variety of cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based treatments and approaches
• Group Psychotherapy (offerings may vary; please contact Dr. Scott for updated information):
• CRV Stress Management Group at Brockton Campus 

LOCATION:

• Jamaica Plain Campus, 3rd Floor, Suite C3-21
• Brockton Campus, Building 5, 1st Floor

• Previously deployed OEF/OIF/OND veterans
• Veterans with varied diagnoses, including adjustment disorders, post-deployment depressive and anxiety disorders, partial and mild-moderate PTSD, substance use concerns that may not meet full criteria for substance use disorders
• Emphasis on providing services to veterans with little to no prior mental health treatment history 

EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 

• Non-OEF/OIF/OND veterans
• OEF/OIF/OND era veterans who were not deployed as part of these conflicts
• Veterans with primary mental health concerns that clearly predate military service*We are happy to discuss any potential consults with referring providers and work collaboratively with other clinics and services to provide more comprehensive treatment 

CONTACT PERSON:

Jill P. Scott, Ph.D., Clinical Director and Staff Psychologist, Center for Returning Veterans, 857-364-2892 

Electronic consults can be placed to Center for Returning Veterans (MH)