Rio Grande State Center

Rio Grande State Center

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There are currently state and federally funded or sponsored drug and alcohol treatment centers in the state of Texas

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What kinds of care do they offer?

  • Mental health treatment

    Includes interventions such as therapy or psychotropic medication that treat a person's mental health problem or condition, reduce symptoms, and improve behavioral functioning and outcomes.

  • Substance use treatment

    Refers to a broad range of activities or services, including identification of the problem (and engaging the individual in treatment); brief interventions; assessment of substance abuse and related problems including histories of various types of abuse; diagnosis of the problem(s); and treatment planning, including counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

  • Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

    Housing for individuals recovering from substance abuse that is designed to provide a drug and alcohol-free living environment and appropriate support services to facilitate movement to independent living. Such housing includes transitional living, sober houses, sober living, recovery houses, and 3/4 houses.

What type of facility is this?

  • Psychiatric hospital

    Licensed general hospital (public or private) that provides inpatient mental health services in at least one separate psychiatric living unit. This unit must have specifically allocated staff and space (beds) for the treatment of persons with mental illness. The unit may be located in the hospital itself or in a separate building, either adjacent or more remote, and is owned by the hospital. It may also provide 24-hour residential care and/or less than 24-hour care (e.g., outpatient, day treatment, partial hospitalization), but these additional service settings are not requirements.

What types of treatment approaches do they offer?

  • Individual psychotherapy

    Focuses on a patient's current life and relationships within the family, social, and work environments through one-on-one conversations with a therapist. The goal is to identify and resolve problems with insight, as well as build on strengths.

  • Group therapy

    Involves groups of usually 4 to 12 people who have similar problems and who meet regularly with a therapist. The therapist uses the emotional interactions of the group's members to (1) help them get relief from distress and (2) possibly modify their behavior.

  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment

    Provides combined treatment for mental illness and substance abuse from the same clinician or treatment team. Effective integrated treatment programs view recovery as a long-term, community-based process. The approach employs counseling designed especially for those with co-occurring disorders.

  • Activity therapy

    Includes art, dance, music, recreational and occupational therapies, and psychodrama.

  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

    The ability for healthcare providers, working from a distance using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided. Other names used for this treatment approach are: e-medicine, e-therapy, e-psychiatry, and telepsychiatry.

  • Smoking not permitted

    Smoking is not allowed.

What type of setting is this location?

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

    Medical treatment that is provided in a hospital or other facility and requires at least one overnight stay.

Who is responsible for the operation of this facility?

  • State government

    Government of a country subdivision in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government and must meet certain standards set by the federal government, but are free to expand beyond what exists at the federal level and improve services, access, and protections for consumers, such as mental health and substance abuse services, in that state.

What types of payment or funding do they accept?

  • Cash or self-payment

    Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

  • Medicaid

    A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

  • Medicare

    The federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.

  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

  • Private health insurance

  • State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

    Funds designed to finance the cost of treatment for mental health conditions.

What language services are offered?

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

    Service provided for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.

  • Spanish

    Staff counselors provide treatment in Spanish.

What specific groups are treated here?

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.

  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for LGBT clients.

  • Veterans

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Veterans.

  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for clients referred from the court/judicial system.

  • Seniors or older adults

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Seniors or older adults.

  • Clients with HIV or AIDS

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with HIV or AIDS.

  • Clients who have experienced trauma

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.

  • Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with serious mental illness.

  • Young adults

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Transitional age young adults.

  • Persons with eating disorders

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with eating disorders.

  • Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis

    Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with eating disorders.

What ancillary services are offered at this facility?

  • Case management service

    Helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports through a case manager who monitors the needs of clients/patients and their families and coordinates services, such as mental health, social work, health, educational, vocational, recreational, transportation, advocacy, and respite care, as needed.

  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment

    Known by different terms in different states, such as, ?assisted outpatient treatment (AOT),? ?involuntary outpatient treatment,? or ?mandatory outpatient treatment.? Forty-four states permit the use of court-ordered outpatient treatment as a condition for persons with severe mental illness, who are too ill to seek care voluntarily, to remain in their community. Each state has its own civil commitment laws that establish criteria for determining when court-ordered treatment is appropriate for these individuals. (https://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=228)

  • Family psychoeducation

    Helps consumers and their families and supporters, through relationship building, education, collaboration, and problem solving to: 1) learn about mental illness; 2) master new ways of managing their mental illness; 3) reduce tension and stress within the family; 4) provide social support and encouragement to each other; 5) focus on the future; and 6) find ways for families and supporters to help consumers in their recovery.

  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services

    Offered individually or in groups, provide therapeutic or intervention services such as daily and community-living skills, self-care and skills training (grooming, bodily care, feeding, social skills training, and basic language skills).

  • Suicide prevention services

    Include identifying risk factors; educating staff on identifying the signs of suicidal behavior and using methods to detect risk; and the assessment, intervention, and management of suicidal patients including treatment of an underlying mental or substance use disorder, and use of psychotropic medication, supportive services, and education. Hotlines help individuals to contact the nearest suicide prevention mental health provider.

  • Vocational rehabilitation services

    Include job finding/development; assessment and enhancement of work-related skills (such as writing a resume or taking part in an interview), attitudes, and behaviors; as well as providing job experiences to clients/patients. Transitional employment is also included.

What types of recovery support services are offered here?

  • Mentoring/peer support

What specific pharmacotherapy treatments do they provide?

  • Nicotine replacement

    Administers nicotine to the body by means other than tobacco, without other harmful chemicals found in tobacco. Common forms of nicotine replacement therapy are nicotine patches, nicotine gum or lozenges, nasal spray and inhaler. The goal of nicotine replacement is to prevent cravings in a tobacco user, allowing the person to abstain from tobacco.

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

    Are medications that do not contain nicotine but act on the brain to reduce a person's craving for tobacco. Some common medications are Bupropion (Zyban, Wellbutrin), and Nortriptyline (Pamelor). Medications are often prescribed in conjunction with behavioral counseling or support groups to provide the best chance for achieving long-term smoking abstinence. (http://www.mayoclinic.com)

  • Chlorpromazine

    Chlorpromazine is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia and to treat the symptoms of mania in people who have bipolar disorder. It helps you to think more clearly, feel less nervous, and take part in everyday life. It can reduce aggressive behavior and the desire to hurt yourself/others. It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances in the brain.

  • Droperidol

    Droperidol injection is used to prevent the nausea and vomiting that may occur after surgery or diagnostic procedures. It has also been used as an antipsychotic.

  • Fluphenazine

    Fluphenazine is a decades-old antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility.

  • Haloperidol

    Haloperidol is used to treat psychotic disorders and is also used to control motor tics and verbal tics in adults and children who have Tourette's disorder. Haloperidol is also used to treat severe behavioral problems such as explosive, aggressive behavior or hyperactivity in children who cannot be treated with psychotherapy or with other medications. Haloperidol is in a group of medications called conventional antipsychotics. It works by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain.

  • Loxapine

  • Perphenazine

  • Pimozide

  • Prochlorperazine

  • Thiothixene

  • Thioridazine

  • Trifluoperazine

  • Aripiprazole

  • Asenapine

  • Brexpiprazole

  • Cariprazine

  • Clozapine

  • Lurasidone

  • Olanzapine

  • Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination

  • Paliperidone

  • Quetiapine

  • Risperidone

  • Ziprasidone

  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

    A multi-disciplinary clinical team approach, helps those with serious mental illness live in the community by providing 24-hour intensive community services in the individual's natural setting.

What types of screening and assessment methods are used here?

  • Screening for tobacco use

    Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.

What kinds of education and counseling services are offered here?

  • Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

    Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.

What age groups are accepted here?

  • Young Adults

    Facility accepts young adults (13-25) for treatment.

  • Adults

    Facility accepts adults (26-64) for treatment.

  • Seniors

    Facility accepts seniors (65 or older) for treatment.

What types of testing do they offer?

  • HIV testing

    Determines whether you are infected with HIV, a virus that weakens the immune system and can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

  • STD testing

    Testing to determine the type of sexually transmitted disease a person may be carrying.

  • TB screening

    Skin tests that are used to screen people who are at high risk for TB exposure such as people with diseases or conditions that weaken their immune system.

  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring

  • Laboratory testing

Is vaping allowed at this facility?

  • Vaping not permitted

How do I apply for admission at this location?

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