Palomar Health Medical Center Poway Gero Psychiatric Unit – Poway

Palomar Health Medical Center provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in Poway.

• Mental Health Treatment Center

Palomar Health Medical Center is run by a Regional/district or county, local, or municipal government.

Palomar Health Medical Center provides treatment in the following settings.

• Hospital inpatient mental health treatment

Palomar Health Medical Center provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Palomar Health Medical Center utilizes the following treatment approaches.

• Activity therapy
• Behavior modification
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy

Palomar Health Medical Center utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.

• Chlorpromazine (Thorazine®)
• Fluphenazine (Prolixin®)
• Haloperidol (Haldol®)
• Loxapine (Loxitane®)
• Perphenazine (Trilafon/Etrafon/Triavil/Triptafen®)
• Thiothixene (Navane®)
• Thioridazine (Mellaril/Melleril®)
• Trifluoperazine (Stelazine®)
• Aripiprazole (Abilify®) 
• Asenapine (Saphris/Sycrest®) 
• Clozapine (Clozaril®) 
• Lurasidone (Latuda®) 
• Olanzapine (Zyprexa®) 
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination (Symbyax®) 
• Paliperidone (Invega Trinza®) 
• Quetiapine (Seroquel®) 
• Risperidone (Risperdal®)
• Ziprasidone (Geodon®) 

Information regarding payment(s) accepted at Palomar Health Medical Center and possible financial assistance.

• Medicare
• Military Insurance
• Private Insurance
• Cash or Self Payment
• State-Financed Healthcare Plan Other Than Medicaid

Information regarding specialty programs and groups offered at Palomar Health Medical Center.

• Seniors or older adults
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)

Palomar Health Medical Center offers the following screening and testing services to mental health clients.

• HIV testing
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• TB Screening

Palomar Health Medical Center provides the following ancillary services in addition to mental health treatment.

• Case management
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services