Overview

Alvarado Parkway Institute is a physician-owned behavioral health system serving adults in San Diego County with mental illness, addiction or both. Its La Mesa psychiatric hospital focuses on acute care, while outpatient centers in La Mesa, El Cajon and San Diego support treatment without an overnight stay. Patients enter care through an assessment and receive an individual plan that can combine therapy, medication management and help with substance withdrawal. Discharge planning connects hospital patients with further residential or outpatient treatment as they return to everyday life. Founded in 1985, the system is headquartered in La Mesa, California.