General Phone Number: 619-400-5000
Admissions Phone Number: 858-642-3391
Website: http://www.sandiego.va.gov/services/Mental_Health_Services.asp
VA San Diego Healthcare System provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in San Diego.
- Mental Health Rehabilitation
- Provides Addiction Treatment
VA San Diego Healthcare System is run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
VA San Diego Healthcare System provides treatment in the following settings.
- Outpatient mental health rehabiliation
VA San Diego Healthcare System provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.
- Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
VA San Diego Healthcare System utilizes the following treatment approaches.
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
- Group therapy
- Integrated dual disorders treatment
- Individual psychotherapy
- Trauma therapy
VA San Diego Healthcare System utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.
- Lurasidone (Latuda®)
- Olanzapine (Zyprexa®)
- Paliperidone (Invega Trinza®)
- Quetiapine (Seroquel®)
- Risperidone (Risperdal®)
Information regarding payment(s) accepted at VA San Diego Healthcare System and possible financial assistance.
- Community Mental Health Block Grants
- Community Service Block Grants
- IHS / Tribal / Urban (ITU) Funds
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Military Insurance
- Other State Funds
- Private Insurance
- State Education Agency Funds
- Cash or Self Payment
- State-Financed Healthcare Plan Other Than Medicaid
- State Mental Health Agency Funds
- State Welfare or Child and Family Service Funds
- U.S. Department of VA funds
Information regarding specialty programs and groups offered at VA San Diego Healthcare System.
- Veterans
- Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
VA San Diego Healthcare System offers the following screening and testing services to mental health clients.
- HIV testing
- Screening for Hepatitis B
- Screening for Hepatitis C
- TB Screening
VA San Diego Healthcare System provides the following ancillary services in addition to mental health treatment.
- Case management
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Education services
- Family psychoeducation
- Housing services
- Intensive case management
- Illness management and recovery
- Integrated primary care services
- Legal advocacy
- Mentoring/peer support/consumer-run services
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Supported employment
- Supported housing
- Suicide prevention services
- Vocational rehabilitation services