Psychiatry Residency

Ascension Seton Shoal Creek Hospital is a Joint Commission–accredited, private, nonprofit psychiatric hospital and part of Ascension Seton. The hospital is the primary clinical teaching site for the Psychiatry Residency and home to most didactic lectures for the program.

Integral Care supports adults and children living with mental illness, substance use disorder and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its services include a 24-hour helpline for anyone who needs immediate support, ongoing counseling to improve mental health, drug and alcohol treatment to help with recovery, and housing to regain health and independence. Founded in 1967, Integral Care is the Local Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority for Travis County, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic and Joint Commission-accredited.

The Austin Outpatient Clinic provides mental health and chemical dependency services to area veterans and their families. Care includes medication, psychotherapy, chemical dependency, post-traumatic stress disorder and integrated outpatient clinics and behavioral medicine consultation with primary care physicians.

Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, the area’s largest medical-surgical acute care center, is a Joint Commission–accredited part of Ascension Seton. Under faculty supervision, residents provide psychiatric consultation and liaison services.

Dell Children’s, part of Ascension Seton, is the only dedicated pediatric facility in a 46-county area. Pediatric faculty members and child psychiatrists supervise rotations, including pediatric neurology. Texas Child Study Center, located in Dell Children’s, is a nonprofit outpatient mental health practice serving children and adolescents with child psychiatrists, child psychologists and social workers.

Dell Seton Medical Center, the primary teaching hospital of Dell Med, is the region’s only Level 1 trauma center. Owned and operated by Ascension Seton, the medical center is part of a growing health district and was recently named the one of the top 10 most socially responsible hospitals in America. Under faculty supervision, residents provide psychiatric consultation and liaison services, as well as emergency psychiatric care.

Ascension Seton Mind Institute is an outpatient mental health practice serving more than 6,000 patients of varied ages and backgrounds. The institute provides mental health services, including medications, psychotherapy and care coordination with other providers under supervision of faculty psychiatrists.

Austin State Hospital serves as an acute-care facility for approximately 270 general psychiatry and 30 forensic psychiatry patients. Under the supervision of a forensic psychiatrist, residents participate in specialized legal evaluations and report-writing for the courts as well as providing treatment to forensic inpatients.

UT Austin’s Counseling and Mental Health Center provides outpatient mental health services — including outpatient psychiatric evaluation, mental health consultation and education — to students of the large state university.

Part of CommUnityCare’s vision is to be a teaching center of excellence, helping to train the healthcare workforce of the future for Central Texas. The center is a training site for nine Dell Med residency programs including pediatrics, family medicine and internal medicine.