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Texas Tech Health Science CenterPermian Basin
Department of Psychiatry
Background
• Current mental health service shortages• Increase in demand as more Texans become
insured through the Affordable Care Act• Increasing inpatient behavioral health
admissions • Continued population growth of RHP 14 region• Serving West Texas’ largely rural counties• Serving the uninsured and underinsured
Expansion of Services
• Reduce wait time to less than one week for existing services• Increase services provided to include geriatric, child,
forensic, & psychosomatic • Introduce Tele-psychiatry services to the West Texas Region
for patients who currently travel more than 45 minutes to receive services
• Provide Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) • Increase access for and reach out to vulnerable segments of
society such as women with postpartum depression, and children and adolescents who show self-harming and suicidal tendencies
Tele-psychiatry
• Develop and make available Tele-psychiatry services to the West Texas region, including the adjoining 22 counties.
• Reduce the current patient wait time especially for those who travel over 45 minutes to receive services
• Tele-psychiatry can make a significant impact on the delivery of mental health services, particularly to individuals with less access
• Patient access is improved and satisfaction is high• Reduction of stigma associated with mental health services• Improved convenience and greater likelihood of compliance
Electroconvulsive Therapy
• Develop and make available of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) services to indicated psychiatric patients
• ECT is the safest and most effective treatments available for severe depression
• Consultations will be performed by Dr. Jain at the Texas Tech Physicians of the Permian Basin Clinic in Midland
• ECT procedures will be done at Midland Memorial Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Jain
Develop Community Outreach Programs
• Develop liaisons with the school districts and hospitals for referrals • Support Groups :
Depression Support Group Caring for Moms: post partum support group HOPE: Hold On Pain Ends- Adolescent self-mutilation group Helping Hand: Terminally ill cancer support Anti-Bullying Support Group Fibromyalgia Support Group Eating Disorder Support Group Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT)/Cognitive Behavior Therapy
(CBT) Support Group
Recruit Faculty and Staff
• Two PhD psychologists
- Dr. Melanie Sheets
- Dr. Shelley Blancett • Licensed Social Worker
- Amber Chavez, LSW • Retain a recruitment firm to begin procuring another
psychiatrist