San Luis Obispo County Mental Health North County Clinic

San Luis Obispo County Mental Health North County Clinic

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Local, county, or community government

Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Active duty military
• Seniors or older adults
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavior therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Group therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Couples/family therapy

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Cash or self-payment
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Medicaid

Ancillary Services

• Suicide prevention services
• Family psychoeducation
• Intensive case management
• Illness management and recovery
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Vocational rehabilitation services

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted