Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Services:
Ancillary Services
• Case management service
• Supported employment
• Illness management and recovery
• Suicide prevention services

Pharmacotherapies

• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
• Paliperidone
• Clozapine
• Quetiapine
• Risperidone
• Olanzapine

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Young adults
• Seniors or older adults
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

• Outpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential

Facility Type

• Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Seniors
• Adults

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Treatment Approaches

• Group therapy

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Private non-profit organization

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Mental health treatment

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted