Mental Health

About the Program

The mental health services at the VA North Texas Health Care System proudly serves veterans with emotional disorders in the Dallas/Forth Worth/Bonham areas. We provide tele-mental health services to veterans in Denton, Tyler, and Bonham. In addition, we provide outpatient services in Sherman and Paris. Our programs are designed to promote mental health and wellness in the least restrictive treatment setting.

Services Offered

The VA North Texas Health Care System provides the following treatments programs:

• Inpatient acute care
• Intensive outpatient group therapies
• Alcohol/Drug Recovery Counseling
• Anger Management
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD)
• Geriatric Psychiatry
• Memory Problems
• Homeless Domiciliary
• Compensated Work Therapy (CWT)
• Community Residential Care Program (CRCP)
• Programs to help ex-offenders reintegrate back into society
• Assisted Housing
• Health Care for Homeless Veterans
• Outreach for Homeless Veterans
• Special Programs for Women Veterans suffering from Trauma
• Support Groups for Wives of Veterans with PTSD
• Day Treatment
• Suicide Prevention Coordinators (Dallas/Bonham/Fort Worth)
• Recovery Coordinator
• Trauma Team (Military Sexual Trauma, PTSD)

Confidentiality

Our mental health services are confidential. We make every effort to protect the privacy of our veterans. Under federal law, a few exceptions to this rule exist.