About Outpatient Psychiatry
Rady Children’s Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry Department provides behavioral health services for children and young adults up to age 21. Services are provided to children and their families with social, emotional, and behavioral problems in a full-service, interdisciplinary behavioral health clinic.
Rady Children’s Outpatient Psychiatry provides services at three clinics, in Kearny Mesa, Escondido, and Oceanside. The Department engages in outreach to over 25 schools in nine districts throughout San Diego County and provides some school-based services.
Services
Our Outpatient Psychiatry team offers support for a wide range of concerns, including:
- Depressive disorders
- Behavioral concerns
- Anxiety disorders
- Psychoses
- Attention deficit disorders
- Eating disorders
- Chemical dependency
- School phobia
- Co-occurring disorders
Services may include a complete diagnostic assessment and one or more of the following:
- Individual psychotherapy
- Family therapy
- Group therapy
- Psychological testing and interventions
- Medication evaluation and treatment (typically combined with psychotherapy)
- Referrals to adjunct services such as Pediatrics, Neurology, and educational supports
- Case management
- Substance abuse treatment sessions
Most treatment is time-limited and reviewed regularly by your child’s clinical team.
Our Team
Our clinical staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, case managers, and substance abuse counselors. Some of the professionals on our team are faculty members in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego and are renowned specialists in their fields. We are affiliated with several academic institutions in our community such as UC San Diego, San Diego State University, and University of San Diego; the Department provides training for child psychiatry fellows, psychology interns, social work interns, and marriage and family therapist trainees.
Locations
San Diego Outpatient Psychiatry
3665 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 101
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: 858-966-5832
Fax: 858-966-6733
Services at this location are provided through a partnership with San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health Services. Children and young adults must have Medi-Cal insurance to receive behavioral health services.
North Inland Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic
2125 Citracado Pkwy., Suite 200
Escondido, CA 92029
Phone: 760-294-9270
Fax: 760-294-9268
Services at this location are provided through a partnership with San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health Services. Children and young adults must have Medi-Cal insurance to receive behavioral health services.
North Coastal Psychiatry Clinic
3605 Vista Way #258
Oceanside, CA
Phone: 760-758-1480
Fax: 760-435-9472
Services at this location are provided through a partnership with San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health Services. Medi-Cal insurance is required.
Encinitas Medication Management Clinic
477 N. El Camino Real, Suite D306
Encinitas, CA
Phone: 858-966-8461
Fax: 858-966-8533
This outpatient psychiatry location provides medication evaluation and treatment ONLY. Medi-Cal insurance is not
accepted at this location.
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