Best Mental Health Clinic Escondido Near Me

4worldlovers: PCSD is among the largest and oldest integrated private practice behavioral health groups in the United States and adheres to the medical model of psychiatry wherein the diagnosis is of the utmost importance in determining the treatment plan for each individual.

Psychiatric Centers at San Diego, Incorporated Medical Group (PCSD) is a group of psychiatrists, therapists, and nurse practitioners with similar views concerning the practice of psychiatry and psychotherapy. PCSD is among the largest and oldest integrated private practice behavioral health groups in the United States and adheres to the medical model of psychiatry wherein the diagnosis is of the utmost importance in determining the treatment plan for each individual. This method has proven to be clinically sound and goal directed.

PCSD has practiced in San Diego County since 1972, and has enjoyed a reputation for its state of the art treatment and quality of care. The members of PCSD are active in inpatient and outpatient care, medical and clinical administration, teaching, lecturing, and clinical writing. Our physicians are trained in evaluation, rapid intervention, short term treatment, and sophisticated medication management. Likewise, our psychologists and therapists are trained in individual, couples, and family therapy, as well as group, short term crisis intervention, and long term psychotherapy, when appropriate. Our nurse practitioners are equally trained in crisis intervention and medication management.

PCSD’s operations are centralized at our Administrative Office in San Diego, California. Our basic philosophy is to provide the administrative services necessary to allow our clinicians to focus on their clinical work. Operations provide:

4worldlovers: Hospitals locally and nationally have seen an increase in behavioral health patients in the Emergency Departments, creating longer wait times and overcrowding. The number of psychiatric patients needing hospital care is greater than the number of hospital beds available, leading to many being kept in Emergency Rooms waiting to be admitted.

In response to this need in our community, Palomar Health opened a Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) at Palomar Medical Center Escondido for patients needing immediate care for a mental health crisis, but not requiring inpatient admission into the hospital. This short-term facility is specifically designed to help appropriate behavioral health patients get the care needed in a quiet, safe environment. Specially trained staff help relieve crisis symptoms in a relaxing setting and assist the patients to the appropriate next level of care, or a safe return home.

The CSU moved to a new facility in July 2020 at the Palomar Medical Center Escondido campus. This new facility offers expanded services and helps decrease the number of patients in our Emergency Departments.

If you or someone you know would benefit from our services, please contact us today to learn more. Walk-ins are welcome, no appointment is required.