VA San Diego Healthcare System – San Diego

VA San Diego Healthcare System provides the following mental health rehabilitation services in San Diego.

• Mental Health Treatment
• Dual Diagnosis Rehabilitation Center

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.

• Hospital inpatient mental health treatment
• Outpatient mental health rehabiliation

VA San Diego Healthcare System provides the following emergency mental health treatment and services.

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

VA San Diego Healthcare System utilizes the following treatment approaches.

• Activity therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Individual psychotherapy
• Ketamine Infusion Therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Trauma therapy

VA San Diego Healthcare System utilizes the following pharmacotherapies & medications in the treatment process.

• Haloperidol (Haldol®)
• Clozapine (Clozaril®) 
• 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.

• Seniors or older adults
• Seniors or older adults
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ) clients
• Veterans
• Military families
• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
• 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
• 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