VA San Diego Healthcare System Escondido Clinic

Services

Ancillary Services

• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Integrated primary care services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Case management service
• Illness management and recovery
• Intensive case management
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported housing

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State education agency funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Other State funds
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• County or local government funds
• Medicaid
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Private health insurance

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Quetiapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Ziprasidone
• Nicotine replacement
• Risperidone

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Federal Government
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Members of military families
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Seniors or older adults
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Veterans
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Treatment Approaches

• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Location

815 East Pennsylvania Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025

Phone: (866) 453-5762

Website: http://www.sandiego.va.gov

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