TCMHCC
Improving mental health care and systems of care for the children and adolescents of Texas.
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.
The Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) provides telehealth-based consultation and training to primary care providers.
The Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) program provides in-school behavioral telehealth care to at-risk children and adolescents.
The Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM) intervention is a universal, school-based mental health promotion and suicide primary prevention intervention for adolescents.
The TCMHCC at UT Health San Antonio serves the following counties:
TCMHCC Director
Dr. Pliszka holds over 30 years of experience in child and adolescent psychiatry. While he has heald many titles over his career, Dr. Pliszka currently serves as Chairman of the department of Psychiatry & Behaviroal Sciences at UT Health San Antonio.
TCMHCC Co-Director
Dr. Blader has an extensive background in both clinical and academic work with publications in medical journals and textbooks. Dr. Blader currently holds the Meadows Foundation and Semp Russ Professorship in Child Psychiatry at UT Health San Antonio.
TCMHCC Program Manger
Kristina has over 10 years of experience working in Adult and Child Psychiatry at UT Health serving in clinical, research, and administration roles.