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The Adult Behavioral Health Services
Unit provides an array of services to
adults 18 years of age or older who
suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar
disorders, severe major depression or
any other severely disabling mental
disorders which require support and
treatment. |
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| Eligibility Criteria: |
At least 18 years old and diagnosed with
schizophrenia, severe major depression,
bipolar or schizoaffective disorders. |
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| Needed Documentation: |
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Provide proof of address (Texas identification) |
Provide proof of insurance (Medicaid, Medicare, and/or Private)
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Provide proof of income (recent pay
stubs, social security award letter,
etc.) |
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Resiliency and Disease Management |
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Services to adults are provided using the Resiliency and Disease Management model provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Resiliency and Disease Management (RDM) is an effort to redesign the way public mental health services are delivered to adults with severe and persistent mental illness. One primary aim is to ensure the provision of interventions with empirical support to eliminate or manage symptoms and promote recovery from psychiatric disorders. Other aims of this project include: |
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Establishing who is eligible to receive
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Establishing ways to manage the use of
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Measuring clinical outcomes or the
impact of services. |
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Determining what these services should
cost. |
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To qualify for ongoing services a person must be assessed as being part of the state’s target population, which typically involves a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder or major depression. Based upon assessment, the array of services may include the following. |
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Fees |
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All fees for services are charged
according to a sliding scale based upon
the family income and size. Inability to
pay will NOT exclude an
individual from receiving services. |
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Services
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upon the assessment, the array of
services may include the following. |
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Screening |
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An activity performed by a Qualified
Mental Health Professional to gather
triage information through a
face-to-face or telephone interview to
determine the need for an in-depth
assessment. |
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Intake and Assessment |
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A mental health evaluation is conducted
for all adult individuals who were
screened and who are seeking mental
health services. Clinicians will
complete the Uniform Assessment to
determine if the individual is eligible
for a Level of Care. |
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Medication Training and Support |
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Instruction and guidance based in a
curriculum that provides information on
the use of medications, recognition and
reporting side effects, and drug
interactions of psychoactive medication
and is provided within a patient/family
education program. |
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Consumer Peer Support Services |
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Activities provided between and among
clients who have common issues and needs
that are client-motivated, initiated,
and/or managed and promote wellness,
recovery, and an independent life in the
community. |
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Crisis Intervention Services |
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Crisis intervention services are
provided to all adult individuals who
are currently experiencing an acute
emotional episode. Immediate needs are
met, and a plan is developed which
includes all available supports to
prevent the admission of the individual
to a more restrictive environment. |
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Continuity of Care |
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Services are provided to individuals who
are entering or exiting state
psychiatric hospital care and assists in
the transition back to the community.
The primary goal is to monitor the
individual’s progress during
hospitalization and the development of
aftercare planning before discharge. |
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Case Management |
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These services are primarily
office-based to assist an adult in
gaining access to medical, social,
educational, vocational, legal,
substance abuse services, and other
appropriate services that will assist
the individual to achieve quality of
life and community integration. |
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Assertive Community Treatment |
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ACT is a specialized program that
provides intensive community-based
psychosocial rehabilitation services to
those consumers who have been identified
with severe and persistent mental
illness and who have a history of
multiple psychiatric hospitalizations. |
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Psychosocial Rehabilitation |
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Interventions are provided by the
therapeutic team who addresses the
deficits in the individual’s ability to
develop and maintain social
relationships, occupational, or
educational achievement, independent
living skills, and housing as a result
of a severe and persistent mental
illness. |
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Counseling Services |
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Individual, family and group therapy
focused on the reduction or elimination
of a client’s symptoms of mental illness
and increasing the individual’s ability
to perform activities of daily living.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is
the selected model for adult counseling
services. |
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Crisis Hotline |
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A continuously available staffed
telephone service providing information,
support and referrals, 24 hours per day,
7 days per week. Any individual who may
be experiencing an acute emotional
episode may call the crisis hotline for
an emergency assessment by a Qualified
Mental Health Professional-Community
Services (QMHP-CS). |
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Jail Diversion |
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There is a process in place at the jail
systems in which all individuals booked
are screened and assessed by medical
staff. Individuals exhibiting signs or
symptoms associated with mental illness
are referred to Border Region Behavioral
Health Center for a more in-depth mental
health assessment. |
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Crisis Respite |
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Crisis respite services provide for
short-term residential placement outside
the client’s usual living situation.
These services are provided to
individuals in a safe and closely
monitored facility while they work
through resolving a crisis situation. |
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Skills Training Services |
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Structured therapeutic activities that
offer intense support and encourages
growth and individual independence. The
program provides individuals with the
opportunity to acquire the needed skills
in achieving recovery and independence.
Services may include symptom management,
anger management, stress management, and
other independent living skills. |
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Supported Housing |
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This specialized program is designed to
assist individuals with severe and
persistent mental illness in choosing,
obtaining, and maintaining regular and
affordable housing. Services include
individualized assistance and
coordination of activities which
facilitates access to resources and
service that support or assist the
consumer into habitable, regular,
integrated, and affordable housing in
the community. |
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Supported Employment |
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Intensive services designed to result in
employment stability and to provide
individualize assistance to clients in
choosing and obtaining employment in
integrated work sites in regular
community jobs |
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Texas Correctional Office on
Offenders with Medical or Mental
Impairments – TCOOMMI |
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TCOOMMI Intensive Case Management
services are provided to offenders who
are in the Special Needs Offenders
Program, on probation and who live in
the county of Webb, and who meet
priority population diagnosis of severe
and persistent mental illness. The
general focus of services is to
stabilize symptoms, reduced the risk of
recidivism, increase awareness of and
participation with community and natural
supports, develop skills in self
advocacy and gain ability to participate
in independent mental health care |
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The Project for Assistance in
Transition from Homelessness – PATH |
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The PATH program is designed to support
the delivery of services to persons who
are homeless, or at risk of becoming
homeless, and have serious mental
illnesses or co-occurring substance use
disorders. |
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Veterans Services |
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Through the Incentive Project and the
expanded Behavioral Health Initiatives,
Border Region will initiate, enhance,
and expand the availability of, access
to, and/or outreach and awareness for
community-based behavioral health
supports and services for Veterans,
Texas Military Forces (TXMF) service
members, and their family members. |
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Mobile Crisis Outreach Team - MCOT |
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The Mobil Crisis Outreach Team staff
goes into the community to provide
emergency care to individuals in mental
health crisis when they are unable to
make it into the office setting.
Individuals are seen in their home,
colleges, local shelters, and many other
community settings. |
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Psychiatric Evaluation |
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Psychiatric evaluations are provided to
determine diagnosis and treatment.
Follow-up & monitoring, consumer
education and medication management are
provided to control and reduce symptoms. |
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Pharmacological Management |
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Pharmacological management is a service
provided to a client by a physician or
other prescribing professional, when
applicable to the client to determine
symptom remission and the medication
regimen needed. |
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