Depression Rehab Imperial Beach CA

The cause of depression is thought to be due to chemical imbalances in the brain. Contemporary scientists have come up with a variety of medications to correct those imbalances. Doctors select antidepressants based on their patient’s symptoms but there’s no one magic pill or one magic protocol. The drug side effects differ, as do their effectiveness.

Maria Sardinas Center
(619) 428-1000
3025 Bayer Boulevard
San Diego, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Seniors/older adults, Women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Community Research Foundation Inc
(619) 427-4661
835 3rd Avenue
Chula Vista, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ
(619) 498-0908
251 Palomar Street
Chula Vista, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
Language Services
Spanish

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Mental Health Systems Inc
(619) 425-5609x18
1105 Broadway
Chula Vista, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Substance Abuse Rehab Department
(619) 556-7633
3075 Corbina Alley
San Diego, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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McAlister Institute for Trt and Edu
(619) 691-8164
1180 Third Avenue
Chula Vista, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Third Avenue Clinic Member of CRC
(619) 498-8260
1161 3rd Avenue
Chula Vista, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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South Bay Community Services
(619) 420-3620
1124 Bay Boulevard
Chula Vista, CA
Hotline
(800) 640-2933
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
Spanish

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MAAC Project
(619) 426-4801
73 North 2nd Avenue
Chula Vista, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Spanish

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Tradition One
(619) 264-0141
4104 Delta Street
San Diego, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men

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Depression Rehab

We know when we’re sad. We don’t need the dictionary definition of depression, “a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity” to explain the condition. But when it is truly an illness, not just a passing emotion, doctors do a complete physiological evaluation to determine the extent of the problem, whether it is a mild case of depression or an extreme condition that would require depression rehabilitation.

We are fortunate in this century, that getting help for depression no longer means getting shock treatments or a frontal lobotomy. The father of the lobotomy “Walter Freeman believed lobotomies worked because the procedure severed connections between the frontal lobes of the brain and the thalamus, thought to be the seat of human emotion, which the mentally ill apparently had in overabundance. ”

Success with Depression Rehab

Luckily, that treatment is now recognized to be the barbaric procedure it is, and doctors have turned to actual science for answers.

Nowadays the cause of depression is thought to be due to chemical imbalances in the brain. Contemporary scientists have come up with a variety of medications to correct those imbalances. Doctors select antidepressants based on their patient’s symptoms but there’s no one magic pill or one magic protocol. The drug side effects differ, as do their effectiveness. Dosages and prescriptions are adjusted over time as doc...

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