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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24-Hour Battered Women’s Hotline
Through the YWCA, the 24-Hour battered Women’s Hotline is an emergency crisis line for life-threatening situations related to domestic violence.
(619) 234-3164
24-Hour California Youth Crisis Line
The California Youth Crisis Line (CYCL) is a toll free, statewide, 24-hour confidential Hotline available to teens and young adults ages 12-24 and/or any adults supporting youth. CYCL is also a reliable and immediate free link between youth and local services. We can help you find homeless youth shelters, youth-serving medical clinics, on-going counseling services and more throughout California.
1 (800) 843-5200
A Reason To Survive (ARTS)
A Reason To Survive (ARTS) is a nationally recognized organization based in National City of San Diego County that believes in the power of the arts and creativity to literally transform lives – especially those of kids. We believe in the therapeutic powers of the arts, but we are not clinical art therapists. We use all forms of art as a vehicle to create positive, long-lasting change and transformation in children and youth facing major life challenges.
(619) 297-2787
Access and Crisis Line
The Optum Access and Crisis Line (ACL) has been serving the people of San Diego County since 1997. It receives thousands of calls per month related to suicide prevention, crisis intervention, community resources, mental health referrals, and alcohol and drug support services. Confidential and free of charge, the line is immediately answered 7 days a week, 24 hours a day by Master’s-level and Licensed Clinicians. The counselors average 16 years of clinical experience in a variety of backgrounds, including: emotionally disturbed youth, geriatric social services, nursing, in-home domestic violence intervention, case management, and drug and alcohol abuse. Language interpreter services enable the ACL to assist in 150 languages within seconds.
(888) 724-7240
Adult Mental Health Case Management Services: Central San Diego Case Management
Adult Mental Health Case Management Services offers field-based services that provide strengths-based, psychosocial rehabilitation, intervention, and resource management to assist individuals in obtaining optimum independence. Services are provided, on both a voluntary and involuntary basis, ensuring that psychiatric treatment needs, as well as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care needs, are met.
(619) 692-8715
Adult Mental Health Case Management Services: East County Case Management
Adult Mental Health Case Management Services offers field-based services that provide strengths-based, psychosocial rehabilitation, intervention, and resource management to assist individuals in obtaining optimum independence. Services are provided, on both a voluntary and involuntary basis, ensuring that psychiatric treatment needs, as well as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care needs, are met.
(619) 401-5424
Al-Anon/Alateen
The purpose of Al-Anon is to help families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Similarly, Alateen is our recovery program for young people. Alateen groups are sponsored by Al-Anon members.
North County: (619) 296-2666
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East of Alpine: 1 (800) 690-2666
(619) 296-2666
Alcoholics Anonymous: East County Young People’s Rule 62
AA meeting for young people. Meetings are on Sundays at 8:00pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Friday Night Leucadia Young Peoples’ Group
AA meeting for young people. Meetings are on Fridays from 7:30-8:30pm.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Monday Night Young People’s Steps at Church
AA meeting for young people. Meetings are on Mondays at 8:00pm.
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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.