Dell Children’s Medical Center Plans Mental Health Unit Addition

Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin, Texas is planning to add an inpatient mental health unit to treat children with conditions such as eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Funding for the center is being provided via community donations and a $3 million matching grant provided by the Maxwell family in hopes of reducing the stigma associated with mental health needs, and fill the need for a pediatric-focused inpatient mental health facility. Once the construction is complete in 2018, the facility will also have an outpatient clinic in partnership with the University of . . .