Substance Use Treatment in Oakland, CA

VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic

What Does VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic Offer?

VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic is a substance use treatment facility at 525 21st Street, Oakland, California, offering outpatient treatment. It accepts TRICARE. Medication treatment: methadone (certified opioid treatment program), buprenorphine and naltrexone.

525 21st Street
Oakland, CA 94612

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 VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Medication Treatment

  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
  • Methadone maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Acamprosate (Campral®)
  • Disulfiram
  • Methadone
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
  • Clonidine

Who the Program Serves

  • Veterans
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female
  • Accepts: Male

Licensing and Accreditation

  • The Joint Commission
  • SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

Treatment Approaches

  • Anger management
  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Community reinforcement plus vouchers
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training
  • Case management service
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in California lists the state's treatment agency.

Other Treatment Facilities Near VA Oakland Behavioral Health Clinic

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Oakland treatment page.

MPI Treatment Services, Oakland

3012 Summit Street, 5th Floor, Oakland, CA 94609 · 0.7 mi

510-869-8860

  • Detox
  • Residential treatment
  • Hospital inpatient care
  • Partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Buprenorphine
  • Naltrexone
  • Private insurance

Kaiser Permanente, Oakland

380 West MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94609 · 1.2 mi

510-251-0121

  • Detox
  • Partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient
  • Outpatient treatment
  • Buprenorphine
  • Naltrexone
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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