About Harris County Psychiatric Center – Houston
The Harris County Psychiatric Center is a 274 bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Houston, Texas. They offer psychiatric services for children, adolescents, and adults. They also treat substance use and co-occurring disorders. It appears the center accepts Medicaid-HMO only for adults. They may take Medicaid, and Medicaid-HMO for children.
They have doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists on staff, and the psychologists and psychiatrists are all on staff at the McGovern Medical School associated with the psychiatric center. The facility is Joint Commission accredited.
They offer psychiatric and substance use evaluations. Depending on your treatment plan, there are many other types of evaluations and tests you may receive. They do neurological consultations, psychosocial assessments, and psychological testing.
Board certified psychiatrists direct the treatment given by a multidisciplinary team. The facility is not a medical detox facility but if the psychiatrist or clinician feels medication may help in your withdrawal, they will give it to you. Inpatient care averages about seven to 10 days.
There’s a special dual diagnosis program where you’ll work on your substance use and mental health issues. You’ll have individual therapy where they’ll help you identify what your mental health issues are. Then you can work on the best way of coping with your mental health so you can avoid substance use.
In the dual diagnosis program, you’ll focus on relapse prevention. You’ll learn about and take part in 12 Step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). You’ll get individualized treatment for an aftercare plan to ensure your long term success.
Former clients feel the staff at the center was very helpful and good at listening. They also felt the staff was compassionate.
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