Support Group Meetings
Twice-weekly support group meetings — every Monday and every Thursday
of the year — are the primary activity of the San Diego Chapter of DBSA.
The map below shows the location of our meetings.
Location
VA San Diego Medical Center, Second Floor
3350 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, California 92161
Driving Directions
Take Interstate 5 to the La Jolla Village Drive exit. Drive west (on La Jolla Village
Drive) and turn right at the first stoplight, onto Villa La Jolla Drive. Go up the hill and
turn right at the first stoplight, then make the next right turn into the lot just south of
the VA Hospital and park there (for free).
Enter the front of the building, continue walking straight, to the elevators, go to the
Second Floor, and proceed to Room 2011 (on Mondays) or Room 2113 (on Thursdays).
Meeting Time and Organization
Meetings are held every Monday and Thursday evening
from 6:00pm to 8:00pm including all holidays.
On Mondays we typically have a large group, and break into one group
for family & friends (Room 2011), and two or three groups
for mental health consumers, i.e., people with mental health diagnoses.
On Thursdays we have a smaller group and we all meet in one room
(Room 2113), family & friends together with consumers. If there are
too many people for just one room, we overflow into Room 2108 next door,
and sometimes to a third room.
We always have one or more support groups even on those days when we have a guest speaker.
Meeting Guidelines
Please note the DBSA San Diego support group meeting
guidelines,
which are designed for the safety and protection of all participants in the support group.
Regarding Student Observers
Monday and Thursday meetings are also open to students in relevant fields
(medicine, psychology, nursing, sociology, human development, etc.)
provided the consumers present at the time don't object; the students
may participate the same as anyone else.
We allow a maximum of four (non-consumer) students per night in our meetings.
Please email us at info@dbsasandiego.org at
least one day prior to the meeting to let us know if you are interested in attending,
and fill out and return the student questionnaire
after attending.
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