Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
24 Hour Crisis 1-866-729-3848
Intake and Assessment 1-877-226-8780
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Admission Criteria
- Children between the ages of 3 - 17
- Resident of Brazoria or Galveston County
- Diagnosis of a mental illness with evidence of serious emotional, behavioral or mental disturbance. Axis I Diagnosis exclusions:
- a single diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder;
- a single diagnosis of substance abuse;
- a single diagnosis of autism or mental retardation
- Serious functional impairment;
- At risk of disruption of a preferred living or child care environment due to psychiatric symptoms; or
- Enrolled in a school system's special education program because of a serious emotional disturbance.
A Brief Description
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services offers an array of family-focused, community based mental health services and supports targeted to children and their families. Services and supports for children and their families will be individualized based on family-identified strengths and needs.
Services include:
- Crisis Intervention
- Screening
- Assessment
- Routine Case Management
- Intensive Case Management utilizing a Wraparound Approach
- Treatment Planning
- Medication Related Services (including psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring)
- Family Support
- Respite
- Skills Training (in-home and school based)
- Family Skills Training
- Mental Health Information Training (Medication Training and Support)
- Liaison Services
- Flexible Community Supports
- Individual, Family and Group Therapy
- In-Home Crisis intervention
STAR+PLUS PROGRAM EXPANSION
REMINDER - With the expansion of STAR+PLUS effective February 1, 2007, providers of long-term services and support contracting as a network provider for STAR+PLUS services should contact the HMO with questions and issues about the program. If you are unsure of which HMO your provider contracts with, a call to your agency management staff may be of help. It is not appropriate for providers to contact Texas Medicaid and Health Partnership (TMHP) with billing questions and/or issues about an HMO.