Who We Serve

The UTHealth Houston Center for Interventional Psychiatry serves individuals with severe, complex, and treatment-resistant psychiatric illness whose symptoms have not adequately responded to standard treatments. We care for patients across the lifespan when illness severity, functional impairment, or clinical risk requires specialized evaluation and advanced intervention.

Our patients commonly include individuals with:

• Treatment-resistant depression
• Treatment-resistant bipolar disorder
• Treatment-resistant schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
• Treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Catatonia
• Severe suicidality
• Other treatment-refractory neuropsychiatric symptoms

We also serve patients who:

• Have not improved despite multiple evidence-based medications and psychotherapy trials
• Require rapid symptom relief due to safety concerns or significant functional decline
• Are unable to tolerate standard treatments because of side effects or medical comorbidity
• Need access to interventional and neuromodulation therapies delivered within an integrated clinical program

Patients may be referred by primary care clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, inpatient services, or emergency departments, or may self-refer for evaluation. Following a comprehensive assessment, patients are matched to the most appropriate level of care and treatment pathway, ranging from outpatient services to intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, or inpatient care.

Through this approach, the Center aims to provide timely, appropriate, and effective care for individuals with the most serious psychiatric illness, while supporting continuity, safety, and long-term recovery.