Construction underway on UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health
Newest building will make UTHealth mental health care campus largest academic psychiatric hospital in country UTHealth leaders and government officials break ground on the UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health. (Photo credit: Dwight Andrews) The new 240-bed facility…
New UTHealth psychiatric hospital combines innovative care with strategic design
HOUSTON – (Jan. 11, 2019) – Plans revealing a psychiatric facility centered around light and nature were unveiled today for the UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health, a joint project of the Texas State Health and Human Services…
New integrated, outpatient program created to combat mental illness, homelessness
HOUSTON – (Oct. 1, 2018) – To help break the cycle of mental illness, addiction and homelessness, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has launched a new integrated, trauma-informed behavioral health program for treatment and recovery…
UTHealth HCPC nurses to be honored at 14th Annual Excellence in Nursing Awards luncheon
A group of dedicated nurses with the UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC), the teaching hospital of McGovern Medical School, will be honored at the upcoming 14th Annual Excellence in Nursing Awards Luncheon presented by The Good Samaritan Foundation. This year’s luncheon will begin…
Vineeth John rejoins the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Vineeth P. John, MD, MBA, has rejoined the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at McGovern Medical School as the vice-chair of Education, director of the Geriatric Psychiatry section and director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Unit at UTHealth Harris County…
State approves funds for UTHealth continuum of care campus
HOUSTON – (Jan. 8, 2018) – With the first $6 million in state funds approved by the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the construction of a psychiatric hospital in…
Allen named HCPC medical director
Melissa Allen, DO, has been named medical director of The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, the mental health hospital component of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). “We are pleased that Dr. Allen will…