Substance Use Treatment in San Diego, CA

McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ

What Does McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ Offer?

McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ is a substance use treatment facility at 8665 Gibbs Drive, Suite 150, San Diego, California, offering detox, intensive outpatient and outpatient treatment. It accepts Medicaid and Medicare and offers a sliding fee scale and payment assistance. Medication treatment: buprenorphine and naltrexone.

8665 Gibbs Drive, Suite 150
San Diego, CA 92123

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 McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • SAMHSA funding/block grants
  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Medication Treatment

  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Relapse prevention with naltrexone
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
  • Acamprosate (Campral®)
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)

Detox Services

  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Opioids detoxification

Who the Program Serves

  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adult women
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female

Language Services

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

Licensing and Accreditation

  • State department of health

Treatment Approaches

  • Anger management
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Self-help groups
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Employment counseling or training
  • Case management service
  • Child care for clients' children
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Transportation assistance
  • Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
  • Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in California lists the state's treatment agency.

Other Treatment Facilities Near McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ

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Sources

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

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