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- News ReleaseMarch 24, 2022HHSC announced the structural completion of a new 240-bed hospital at Austin State Hospital. A construction crane placed the final beam atop the three-story building.
Topics: Mental Health
- News ReleaseDecember 1, 2021To raise awareness of mental health issues, the annual Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest is announcing its call for submissions from Dec. 1, 2021 until March 15, 2022.
Topics: Mental Health
- News ReleaseSeptember 7, 2021During September, HHSC is working to reduce the stigma surrounding suicide and increase awareness about suicide prevention.
Topics: Mental Health
- News ReleaseJuly 7, 2021HHSC and the UT Southwestern Medical Center are developing plans for a new state psychiatric hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Topics: Mental Health
- News ReleaseMay 28, 2021Texas HHSC is launching a new behavioral health awareness eLearning series to empower families with more knowledge and understanding of behavioral health conditions.
Topics: Mental Health
- News ReleaseMay 10, 2021During National Women's Health Week HHSC is encouraging women and girls to take care of their physical and mental health.
Topics: Health, Mental Health, Women
- News ReleaseFebruary 3, 2021Texas HHS announces it is receiving more than $180,000 in funding toward implementing a new national three-digit dialing code, 988, for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Topics: Community Engagement, Mental Health
- News ReleaseDecember 1, 2020Construction crews have completed demolition of vacant buildings on the Austin State Hospital campus to make way for the construction of a 240-bed standalone replacement hospital.
Topics: Mental Health
- News ReleaseNovember 12, 2020Construction crews are busy at work on a nearly $200 million project to build a 227,000 square-foot patient complex and replace the administration building at Rusk State Hospital.
Topics: Health, Mental Health
- News ReleaseSeptember 24, 2020Texas HHSC has secured a two-year, $104 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to help people and families negatively impacted by opioids.
Topics: Substance Use, Mental Health, Health