Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium Programs
at Dell Medical School
Dell Medical School (DMS) is one of 12 health related institutions (HRI) in the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC). The consortium leverages the expertise and resources of the institutions to address urgent child and adolescent mental health challenges and improve the Texas mental health care system.
The Child and Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN/PeriPAN) offers primary care and perinatal care providers assistance with behavioral health care for their patients. CPAN/PeriPAN’s hotline, 888-901-2726, connects clinicians to mental health professionals ready to assist them.
Learn more about all of CPAN/PeriPAN’s initiatives at the program’s website:
Additional CPAN/PeriPAN initiatives:
CPAN and PeriPAN Direct
CPAN and PeriPAN now offer free, one-time consultations with a CPAN psychiatrist or a PeriPAN reproductive psychiatrist to help providers better understand their patients’ mental health needs and support them as they provide psychiatric care.
CPAN/PeriPAN can help determine if this is a good option for your patient.
Learn more about CPAN Direct here
Learn more about PeriPAN Direct here
CPAN Safety-A
The Safe Alternatives for Teens and Youths-Acute program, or SAFETY-A, educates primary care providers about crisis intervention and safety planning strategies to use with child and adolescent patients who exhibit suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
This service is only available to primary care physicians.
Learn more about SAFETY-A here
Project ECHO
Primary care providers are on the front lines of treating youth mental health conditions because of Texas’ shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Project ECHO is there to help them by offering continuing medical education opportunities in a virtual setting. Child and adolescent medical providers can participate, and topics include:
• Recognizing and diagnosing mental health conditions.
• Providing care for children and adolescents with mild to moderate mental health disorders.
Both CPAN and PeriPAN offer Project ECHO series.
Learn more about Project ECHO here
CPAN/PeriPAN do not provide emergency care; if a patient is in crisis please call 988.
Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) is a telehealth program that enables school districts to identify and assess students’ behavioral health needs and provide them access to mental health services. We also offer opportunities for additional sessions when clinically appropriate.
Learn more about all of TCHATT’s initiatives at the program’s website:
TCHATT does not provide crisis services; please call 911 for emergency support.
Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM)
YAM uses an evidence-based, interactive curriculum designed to increase young people’s awareness and understanding of mental health. The five-session program for 8th-12th graders teaches them about suicide prevention, problem-solving and emotional intelligence through lectures, discussion and role-playing.
Learn more about YAM by visiting the program’s website:
YAM does not provide crisis services; please call 911 for emergency support.
TCMHCC also supports Dell Medical School’s effort to bring more mental health resources to its Central Texas catchment area through two additional programs: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowships and Child Psychiatry Workforce Expansion.