University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center To Operate The New Texas Behavioral Health Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center has been selected to operate the Texas Behavioral Health Center, the first state acute care behavioral health hospital in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and plans to begin serving consumers in summer 2026. When fully operational, the hospital will provide 292 beds, both civil and forensic, to serve adult and pediatric consumers.

UT Southwestern faculty and care teams already deliver evidence-based, consumer-centered behavioral health care across multiple hospital systems and settings, integrating pharmacological, psychotherapeutic, and neuromodulation treatments with the specialized medical care this consumer population often requires. That experience and expertise will inform the . . .