VA San Diego Healthcare System Kearny Mesa Clinic

Services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans

Ancillary Services

• Diet and exercise counseling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Family psychoeducation
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Integrated primary care services
• Supported employment
• Illness management and recovery
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Supported housing
• Case management service
• Intensive case management
• Legal advocacy
• Education services
• Suicide prevention services

Type of Care

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

Location

8875 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA 92123

Phone: (866) 453-5835

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

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