Amen Clinics San Francisco
San Bruno, CA

Amen Clinics San Francisco

Program Length

30 days

Focus

This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.

Amen Clinics San Francisco takes a neurological focus to treating mental health disorders, eating disorders, drug addictions, and behavior addictions. They meet clients and perform a brain scan at their clinic. From the scans and conversation, Amen Clinics works with clients and their families to provide outpatient care tailored to the clients' needs. Amen Clinics considers "mental health" as a part of "brain health". The name Amen Clinics comes from their founder, Dr. Daniel G. Amen, who opened this chain of clinics in 1996. Amen Clinics treats a wide variety of mental and physical conditions related to the brain, including attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), anger, intermittent explosive disorder, anxiety, depression (including post-partum depression), bipolar disorder, mania, hypomania, body dysmorphic disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD), brain optimization, concussions, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, emotional trauma, physical brain trauma, addictions, hormonal imbalances, learning disabilities, lyme disease and other infections, dementia and other memory problems, multiple personality disorder, narcissism, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), panic disorder, panic attacs, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, postpartum depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), self-esteem issues, self-harm, suicidality, sleep disorders, exposure to toxins, and weight issues. Amen Clinics treats addictions to alcohol, drugs, sex, pornography, gambling, gaming, internet, shopping, and other behaviors. The eating disorders they treat include include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorders, orthorexia, pica, rumination disorder, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and other specific feeding or eating disorder (OSFED). Amen Clinics treats children, adolescents, adults, and couples. The treatment plans that Amen Clinics create can include individual and family talk therapy like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), neurofeedback, interactive metronome training, medication management, IV nutrient therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Their extensive biomedical treatments stand out from most clinics, which rely mostly on talk therapy and medication management In addition to their location in the Bay Area, Amen Clinics operates 10 clinics in other large cities with the same treatment options. After the initial brain scan and assessment, clients can meet their therapists onsite or virtually.

Amen Clinics San Francisco

Services

Key offerings grouped by category

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

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

Outpatient

Facility Type

Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

Chlorpromazine Fluphenazine Haloperidol Thiothixene Aripiprazole Clozapine Lurasidone Olanzapine Paliperidone Quetiapine Risperidone Nicotine replacement Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Treatment Approaches

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

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

Federal Government U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE) U.S. Department of VA funds

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Seniors or older adults Veterans Clients who have experienced trauma Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

Screening for tobacco use

Testing

HIV testing STD testing TB screening Metabolic syndrome monitoring Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV) Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV) Laboratory testing

Recovery Support Services

Housing services

Education and Counseling Services

Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

Young Adults Seniors

Facility Vaping Policy

Vaping not permitted

Ancillary Services

Court-ordered outpatient treatment Family psychoeducation Integrated primary care services Suicide prevention services

Contact Information

Address

1001 Sneath Lane, Suite 300, San Bruno, CA, 94066

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