UC San Diego Health Medical Offices North

UC San Diego Health Medical Offices North at the Hillcrest campus provides substance use disorder care.

Through UC San Diego's academic medical model adults can receive outpatient treatment for alcohol, opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, nicotine and prescription drugs.

UC San Diego Health emphasizes a whole-person, harm-reduction approach that meets people wherever they are in their recovery journey.

Structured Addiction Treatment

UC San Diego's substance use service line provides comprehensive assessment, treatment planning and medication-assisted treatment as core elements of care.

Backed by a major academic health system the program integrates psychiatric, nursing, social work and psychology support for a coordinated approach.

Treatment may include medication-assisted options like buprenorphine, oral and injectable naltrexone, medications for alcohol use disorder and smoking-cessation support.

Patients also engage in therapy covering topics such as relapse prevention, mood management, mindfulness and trauma, with weekly aftercare groups to support long-term recovery.

Harm-Reduction Care

UC San Diego serves adults including those with co-occurring mental health needs, trauma histories and young adults.

The program supports people in abstinence, active use, maintenance or relapse stages, and offers medication management for co-occurring depression and anxiety-related conditions.

The center also includes linkage to peer-support groups.