Dayton VA Medical Center

Dayton VA Medical Center is a Veteran-focused health care facility in Dayton, Ohio offering comprehensive behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment through its Substance Use Disorder Specialty Clinic. The program serves Veterans struggling with alcohol, opioid and stimulant, tobacco and gambling related concerns through residential, intensive outpatient and standard outpatient, aftercare and maintenance care.

With same day evaluations and a Veteran only recovery community, the clinic creates a low barrier path to lasting wellness for those who have served.

Veteran Centered Treatment

The Substance Use Disorder Specialty Clinic, located in Building 302 on the Dayton campus provides alcohol and drug evaluations alongside individual and group therapy tailored to Veterans. Care spans the full continuum, from residential rehab to ambulatory detox and long term maintenance groups.

Sessions may include contingency management for stimulant use, medications to reduce alcohol cravings or support opioid recovery and overdose risk reduction, tobacco cessation and anger management. Veteran only 12 step meetings and sober support coffee hours reinforce peer connection throughout recovery.

Recovery Support

Beyond addiction care, the medical center's Behavioral Health Department offers psychiatry and psychology, vocational rehabilitation and telehealth appointments. Specialized programming also supports homeless Veterans and those transitioning home, ensuring recovery is reinforced by whole person care.

Access and Getting Started

Dayton VA Medical Center is located at 4100 West Third Street in Dayton, Ohio with addiction services centered in Building 302 and both in person and telehealth options available. Same day help for mental health and substance use evaluations is offered through the behavioral health call center.

Services are provided through VA health care, tied to Veteran eligibility and registration requirements.