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The San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) is an in-patient psychiatric hospital. We offer adult psychiatric services and forensic competency restoration. 

The Office of the State Forensic Director (OSFD) works at the intersection of behavioral health and justice systems to improve the statewide coordination and oversight of forensic services and prevent justice-involvement for people with mental illness, substance use disorders, and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The substance use disorder Community Health Worker (CHW) programs allow community health workers and promotor(a) to increase linkage and retention in substance use, mental health, and medical services for Texas residents living with substance use disorders.

General academic requirements for admission are those specified by the American Society of Clinical Pathology Board of Certification for eligibility to sit for the Medical Laboratory Scientist exam.

The Austin State Hospital (ASH) Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program is an integral part of the Regional Clinical Laboratory (RCLA) at Austin State Hospital (ASH). The state hospital is a facility within the Health and Specialty Care System of the Texas Health and Human Services agency. The laboratory is located in building 635 on the Austin State Hospital campus.

Information for and about Substance Use Disorder Service Providers

The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program funds community-based outreach, mental health and substance use referral/treatment, case management and other supportive services as well as providing a limited set of housing services for adults who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.

Crisis units are facilities designed to treat an individual's symptoms of mental illness in the community.

A hotline is continuously available phone service operated by trained and competent crisis staff that provides information, screening and intervention, support, and referrals to callers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Any entity providing hotline services for any portion of the day must be accredited by the American Association of Suicidology.

Mental heatlh crisis services are available 24 hours, seven days a week and include: prompt face-to-face crisis assessment, crisis intervention services, crisis follow-up, and relapse prevention services

Information for Texans about Consumer-Operated Service Providers are an evidence-based practice program recognized by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. COSPs are independent organizations operated and governed by people in recovery, and a central feature of their services is peer support. These providers have a unique and valuable role in a recovery-oriented system of care.

Coordinated Specialty Care is designed to meet the needs of people with an early onset of psychosis. who have a psychotic disorder diagnosed within the past two years. People must also live in the service area of a CS