Psychiatry Residency

Austin State Hospital serves as an acute-care facility for approximately 270 general psychiatry and 30 forensic psychiatry patients. In addition to serving as a key inpatient teaching site, Austin State Hospital is home to the program’s longitudinal forensic psychiatry experience. 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.

Cross Creek Hospital is a Crisis Intervention Team and Joint Commission accredited private hospital and part of the Acadia Healthcare network of inpatient psychiatric facilities. Cross Creek is the newest addition to the program’s training locations and, alongside Austin State Hospital, serves as a primary inpatient teaching site

Ascension Seton Behavioral Health is an outpatient mental health practice serving more than 6,000 patients of varied ages and backgrounds. The clinic is home to many residents’ continuity experiences as well as the residency’s geriatric psychiatry experience.

The Veterans Affairs Austin Outpatient Clinic provides treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, chemical dependency, and a range of other psychiatric disorders to Veterans and their families across Central Texas. Many residents complete their continuity clinic experience with the VA, providing medication management and psychotherapy. The clinic is also home to the Mental Health Intensive Case Management program, which serves as one of the residency’s community rotations.

UT Health Austin’s Adult Psychiatry clinic offers a multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric treatment offering patients access to multiple specialists across a variety of disciplines in a single visit. UTHA is home to continuity clinics and elective experiences for the Residency and hosts the Women’s Reproductive Mental Health focus.

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 consultation-liaison and electroconvulsive therapy 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. Residents complete rotations in pediatric medicine as well as inpatient and outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry at DCMC

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.

CommUnityCare’s network of health centers provide training site for nine Dell Med residency programs including pediatrics, family medicine and internal medicine. With a vision of providing high-quality training to the future healthcare workforce for Central Texas, CommUnity Care’s sites provide residents with robust experiences in public psychiatry.

Bluebonnet Trails, a recent addition to the program’s educational partnerships, is a leading provider of mental health and wraparound services for more rural communities surrounding Austin. The residency partners with Bluebonnet Trails to provide engaging child and adolescent and community psychiatry experiences.

Integral Care offers a wide range of services including 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. Residents rotate at Integral Care clinics for their chemical dependency experience as well as a range of community experiences. Integral Care is Austin’s Local Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority.

Home to one of the residency’s wide-ranging community experiences, Vivent Health is a leading national provider of HIV-related healthcare and wellness services. In addition to HIV primary medical care, Vivent in Austin provides prevention services, dental care, case management and pharmacy services.