Mental health and wellness

For more information about behavioral health services at Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant, please call (210) 575-0500.

Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant offers a full spectrum of adult and geriatric behavioral health services that diagnose and treat the following conditions:

• Mood disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Psychiatric diagnosis with secondary chemical dependence
• Psychotic thinking
• Schizophrenia
• Suicidal behavior

Symptoms of major depression

• Attempted suicide
• Depressed most of the day, nearly every day
• Experiencing significant weight loss when not dieting
• Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day
• Feeling no pleasure or a significantly reduced interest in most activities of the day, nearly every day
• Feeling sad, empty, hopeless or are teary
• Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt, such as believing things that are not true nearly every day
• Inability to concentrate, or indecisiveness, nearly every day
• Insomnia or sleeping excessively nearly every day
• Recurring thoughts of suicide, death or planning a suicide
• Restlessness or slowed behavior that can be observed by others
• Weight gain or unexplained decrease or increase in appetite nearly every day

Symptoms of bipolar disorder

• In most forms of bipolar disorder, moods alternate between elevated and depressed over time. However, with mixed bipolar disorder, a person experiences both mania and depression simultaneously or in rapid sequence.
• Self-injury, often referred to as cutting, self-mutilation or self-harm, is an attempt to cope with overpowering negative emotions, such as extreme anger, anxiety and frustration. It is usually repetitive, not a one-time act.
• Suicide is a very real risk for people with bipolar disorder, whether they are in a manic or depressive episode. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of people with bipolar disorder commit suicide. However, treatment greatly lowers the risk.
• When a person's illness follows the classic pattern, diagnosing bipolar disorder is relatively easy. However, bipolar disorder symptoms can defy the expected manic-depressive sequence.

Methodist Healthcare offers behavioral health services for adults age 18 years and older. Our 74-bed secure unit, including a specialized 10-bed geriatric unit, is located at Methodist Hospital | Specialty and Transplant. Our goal at is to ensure that you receive treatment in a setting that is conducive to your individualized needs. We offer a variety of treatment programs designed specifically to stabilize adults with mental health conditions.

• Family therapy
• Group therapy
• Medication management
• Nursing care services
• Psychiatry services

Opioid stabilization services

Our outpatient program provides an individualized approach to treating substance abuse disorders, with the combination of behavioral health therapy and medication. This program includes:

• Lab work, if needed
• Medication management
• Nursing education and care
• Physician evaluation
• Routine drug screen
• Structured group therapy with licensed clinician
• Weekly family support and education groups

Intensive outpatient program

The program is designed to provide care for individuals who are stable on medications, but in need of psychotherapy intervention. Our program offers tracks for both mental health and substance abuse.

Partial hospital program

This medically supervised, structured day program provides the same level of behavioral health and/or substance abuse services as those received on an inpatient unit.