Improving mental health care and systems of care for the children and adolescents of Texas.
Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium at UT Health
Who We Are
UT Health San Antonio has a long history of collaborating with community partners who provide exceptional care with tremendous dedication to the people of South-Central Texas. As a member of the state-sponsored Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium (TCMHCC), the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences unites with academic medical centers in Texas to ensure that youth throughout our state receive high quality and timely behavioral health care.
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.
Who we serve
The TCMHCC at UT Health San Antonio serves the following counties:
- Atascosa
- Bandera
- Bee
- Bexar
- Comal
- De Witt
- Dimmit
- Edwards
- Frio
- Gillespie
- Goliad
- Gonzales
- Guadalupe
- Karnes
- Kendall
- Kerr
- Kimble
- La Salle
- Live Oak
- Llano
- Mason
- Mcculloch
- Mcmullen
- Medina
- Menard
- Real
- Refugio
- San Patricio
- San Saba
- Schleicher
- Sutton
- Uvalde
- Victoria
- Wilson
- Zavala
TCMHCC Directors
Rene L. Olvera, MD, MPH
TCMHCC Director
Rene L. Olvera MD, MPH is the Dielmann Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and has served UT Health in a variety of roles including research, clinical, and course director for residents.
Steven Pliszka, MD
TCMHCC Co-Director
Steven Pliszka, MD is a Dielmann Distinguished Professor and former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio until 2023. He has been a faculty member at UT Health San Antonio since 1986, joining the Department of Psychiatry after completing his general and child adolescent psychiatry residencies at UT Health San Antonio.
Kristina Fields, LMFT
TCMHCC Program Manager
Kristina has over 10 years of experience working in Adult and Child Psychiatry at UT Health SA serving in clinical, research, and administration roles.
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