Mental Health Care in El Cajon, CA

East County Mental Health Clinic

What Does East County Mental Health Clinic Offer?

East County Mental Health Clinic is a mental health facility at 1000 Broadway, Suite 210, El Cajon, California, offering outpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare and state-financed insurance. Therapy approaches include CBT and DBT.

1000 Broadway, Suite 210
El Cajon, CA 92021

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at East County Mental Health Clinic

  • Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Other State funds
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Spanish
  • Other languages (excluding Spanish)
  • French
  • German
  • Japanese

Licensing and Accreditation

  • Mental Health Clinic or Mental Health Center

Medications Used

  • Haloperidol
  • Clozapine
  • Olanzapine
  • Risperidone
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Supported employment
  • Vocational rehabilitation services
  • Case management service
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in California lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near East County Mental Health Clinic

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the El Cajon mental health care page.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa

5555 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa, CA 91942 · 3.9 mi

619-740-4800

  • Outpatient care
  • Partial hospitalization
  • Hospital inpatient care
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • couples and family therapy
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance
  • Walk-in crisis

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

In crisis? Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org, any time. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. anxiety.help is an independent guide, not a mental health provider or crisis service, and doesn't give medical advice. For a free, confidential referral, call SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357.