Martinez Cristina MD

Dr. Cristina Martinez, MD is a physician with the VA New Mexico Healthcare System network. She practices at the Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Martinez provides emergency, primary, and behavioral health services for military personnel, veterans, and their families. Available programs include medication assisted treatment, crisis intervention, residential and outpatient treatment, and aftercare programs. Specialized services are available for adolescents, seniors, the LGBTQ+ community, and persons with co-occurring disorders.

Dr. Martinez’s program helps clients detox from alcohol, opioids, and other drugs before beginning other types of addiction recovery treatment. She can administer FDA-approved medications to improve your comfort throughout the medical detox process, alleviating the physical symptoms of withdrawal, reducing cravings, and lowering the risk of relapse. Available medications include methadone, buprenorphine, naloxone, naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram, topiramate, bupropion, and varenicline. Medication plans are tailored to your specific needs.

Residential services are available for those who require crisis intervention or a higher level of care. Multi-disciplinary providers offer 24-hour services, including therapeutic and educational programming.

Outpatient treatment includes individual and group therapy, addiction education, and relapse-prevention training to help clients work through the underlying causes of their addictions, identify triggers, and learn relapse prevention skills. This may include an array of evidence-based therapies including motivational interviewing and motivation enhancement therapy.

In addition to military benefits, Martinez may accept most major insurance plans. Contact your provider to verify coverage because out of network benefits can vary. Financial assistance is available.