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Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium

Improving mental health care and systems of care for the children and adolescents of Texas.

Who We Are

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC) was created by the 86th Texas Legislature to leverage the expertise and capacity of the health-related institutions of higher education to address urgent mental health challenges and improve the mental health care system in this state in relation to children and adolescents.

In 2021, the Texas Legislature approved federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act for expanded services of several of the Consortium’s initiatives.

TCMHCC Has Five Initiatives:

  • The Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) provides telehealth-based consultation and training to primary care providers. Learn More
  • The Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program provides in-school behavioral telehealth care to at-risk children and adolescents. Learn More
  • The research initiative has created two state-wide networks to study and improve the delivery of child and adolescent mental health services in Texas. Learn More
  • The Community Psychiatry Workforce Expansion (CPWE) funds full-time academic psychiatrists as academic medical directors and new psychiatric resident rotation positions at facilities operated by community mental health providers. Learn More
  • The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) Fellowships program expands both the number of child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship positions in Texas and the number of these training programs at Texas HRIs. Learn More


For more information on the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC), contact Luanne Southern at lsouthern@utsystem.edu.

For media inquiries, email us: tcmhcc@utsystem.edu

To make a Public Information Act request, please visit The University of Texas System Open Records page.

  • Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN)
  • Primary care providers can access the Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) for assistance with behavioral health care for their child and adolescent patients.


  • Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN)
  • Reproductive care providers statewide can now access the Perinatal Psychiatry Access Network (PeriPAN) for assistance with perinatal mental health care for their patients.


  • Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT)
  • TCHATT provides telemedicine or telehealth programs to school districts to help identify and assess the behavioral health needs of children and adolescents and provide access to mental health services.

    Upcoming Events

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    Oct

    2024

    Clinical Pearls: Trauma Assessment & Diagnosis in Pediatric Primary Care

    12:00 pm–1:00 pm

    UT Tyler Health Science Center

    Virtual

    15

    Oct

    2024

    PeriPAN Grand Rounds Series: Paternal Mental Health and the Perinatal-Postpartum Periods

    12:00 pm–1:00 pm

    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    Virtual

    29

    Oct

    2024

    Complex ADHD, DMDD

    12:00 pm–1:00 pm

    UT Health San Antonio

    Virtual

    11

    Nov

    2024

    Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse

    12:00 pm–1:00 pm

    UT Tyler Health Science Center

    Virtual

    15

    Nov

    2024

    Executive Committee Meeting

    10:00 am–1:00 pm

    Hybrid (UT System Administration, 210 West 7th St., 16.106, Austin, TX 78701)

    19

    Nov

    2024

    PeriPAN Grand Rounds Series: NICU Parent Supports and Considerations

    12:00 pm–1:00 pm

    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    Virtual

    Latest News

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    Twenty-Five Research Proposals Accepted for Funding by the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium

    The New and Emerging Children’s Mental Health Research initiative will fund 25 research proposals to improve child and adolescent mental health prevention and treatment services and encourage junior researchers in Texas.

    July 16, 2024


    With too few mental health providers, more patients turn to primary care

    While primary care is experiencing its own workforce shortage, the profession is shouldering more mental health screenings to help bridge the behavioral health provider gap.

    June 17, 2024 from The Texas Tribune


    Popular Resources

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    Online Material from UC Irvine

    Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Teacher and Parent Rating Scale (Snap-IV)

    The Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Teacher and Parent Rating Scale (SNAP) is a 90-question self-report inventory designed to measure attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms in children and young adults.

    Online Material from TCMHCC

    ADHD

    A general resource page on ADHD in children and adolescents.

    Online Material from TCMHCC

    Depression

    A general resource page on depression in children and adolescents.