Mental Health, Addiction Treatment Center Opening In Temecula

TEMECULA, CA — A mental health and addictive-disease residential treatment center is hosting an open house Thursday, and residents, members of the county healthcare community, along with local government leaders, are invited to tour the Temecula facility.

Jackson House Temecula, located at 28999 Old Town Front Street, Suite 104, is slated to officially open its doors next month. It will provide short-term treatment that will serve as an alternative to, or continuation of, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization in an environment that is more home-like and recovery oriented, according to Jackson House officials.

Jackson House Temecula is an affiliated member of the Alvarado Parkway Institute Behavioral Health System. The president and chief development officer for the latter believes Southwest Riverside County residents have little to no services for mental health and addiction care.

“Currently, some residents of southern Riverside County in need of mental health or addiction treatment present at the hospital emergency departments, which are not only more expensive, but are also unable to provide ongoing care," said APIBHS's Patrick Ziemer. "In many cases those experiencing early episodes can avoid psychiatric hospitalization and receive more personalized treatment in a short-term residential behavioral health facility. We are very excited to be adding a new facility in the community for the benefit of southern Riverside County and Temecula residents."

Ziemer said Jackson House will be a voluntary, short-term, 24-hour recovery-based program where residents can receive treatment that includes practicing real-world recovery therapies and performing daily household activities, along with learning basic living and social/interpersonal skills to successfully transition back into the community.

“Mental illness is proliferating throughout society," said Temecula Councilman Mike Naggar. "Depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses lead to drug abuse, broken families, crime and suicide. We all are touched by mental illness in some fashion and I am pleased to welcome Jackson House into our community.”

Jackson House is a newly renovated 5,500-square-foot facility with 16 beds. It will offer semi-private rooms, and features large group rooms, a computer lab, as well as private meeting rooms.

For more information, visit JacksonHouseCares.com.