Emotional & Behavioral Wellbeing
In this section, you will find a wide variety of services dedicated to helping teens and young adults with their emotional and behavioral health, including general mental health services, substance abuse services, and eating disorder services in San Diego County.
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San Diego Narcotics Anonymous
Online directory for NA resources across San Diego County. Includes meetings listed by regions, list of activities available, and NA hotline number.
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(619) 584-1007
Heidorn Lifeline
Heidorn Lifeline is a suicide and crisis hotline specializing in LGBTQ-related challenges.
(858) 212-LIFE (5433)
San Diego Unified School District: Juvenile Justice Family Intervention Team
The Juvenile Justice Family Intervention Team (JJ-FIT) provides two treatment modalities for San Diego Unified School District youth who are on probation and their families, the first being Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), an evidence-based intensive family treatment intervention for youth ages 12-16 who meet criteria for either Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder. The second treatment is Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), which provides individual and family treatment to youth 12-18 years old who present with a serious and persistent mental illness, such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, depression, and other psychotic disorders.
619-573-2227
Social Advocates for Youth: Dual Diagnosis Services for Probation Institutions
SAY’s Dual Diagnosis Program works with the Probation Department to provide youth who are currently incarcerated or recently released evidence-based, psycho-educational groups that focus on skills that are essential to successful reintegration into the community. Topics discussed include the impact of substance use, dealing with anger, cognitive restructuring, social and life skills development, dating abuse prevention, and social tolerance.
(858) 492-2340
Vista Hill Foundation: Juvenile Court Clinic
The Vista Hill Foundation Juvenile Court Clinic provides medication stabilization and linkage services to youth involved with and referred from Juvenile Courts Probation and the Child Welfare CARE Unit.
(858) 571-1964
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): Friends In Hand Clubhouse
NAMI’s Friends In Hand Clubhouse provides free support (not treatment) for recovery for adults recovering from mental illness.
(703)-524-7600
Harmonium: Family Youth Partnership Program
Harmonium’s Family Youth Partner Program offers full service partnerships to children and transition age youth. Within this program, San Diego County Mental Health and Harmonium are working together with mental health therapists to achieve treatment plan goals. Our staff members understand that mental health issues are often complicated by other life challenges such as physical health, limited resources, economics, educational needs, employment, legal system and daily life experiences.
(858)-684-3080
Fred Finch Wraparound Services-East County Region
This Wraparound program is designed to help youth participants who may struggle with the transition from highly structured institutional residential environment back into society and to their respective home environments. The Wrap team works to identify the strengths in both youth and family to enhance and preserve a positive environment after the transition. The team also identifies and utilizes existing strengths to establish stability within the family unit and social support system to merit a court decision to end the youth’s dependency or ward status.
(619) 281-3709 Ext. 3230
Fred Finch Wraparound Services-South Bay Region
This Wraparound program is designed to help youth participants who may struggle with the transition from highly structured institutional residential environment that comes with being a ward or youth dependent back into society and to their respective home environments. The Wrap team works to identify the strengths in both youth and family to enhance and preserve a positive environment after the transition. The team identifies and utilizes existing strengths to establish stability within the family unit and social support system to merit a court decision to end the youth’s dependency or ward status.
(619) 873-4075
Fred Finch Wraparound Services-North County Inland Region
This Wraparound program is designed to help youth participants who may struggle with the transition from highly structured institutional residential environment that comes with being a ward or youth dependent back into society and to their respective home environments. The Wrap team works to identify the strengths in both youth and family to enhance and preserve a positive environment after the transition. The team identifies and utilizes existing strengths to establish stability within the family unit and social support system to merit a court decision to end the youth’s dependency or ward status.
(619) 281-3706
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We do not endorse any specific organization listed nor are we responsible for ensuring the quality of the services listed. Users should always select services at their own discretion. Additionally, this information is subject to change as funding for programs can shift over time, though we do our very best to keep the resource center as up-to-date as possible.