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Our Mission
The mission of Texas Health Springwood Center Allen is to improve the mental health of the people in the communities we serve. The center offers intensive outpatient programs for adults with behavioral and addiction issues. Patients can be referred to the Texas Health Springwood Center Allen by a physician, therapist, EAP counselor, or through self-referral.
Adult Psychiatric Intensive Outpatient Program
This program is for patients who require more intensive treatment than individual therapy, but do not require inpatient services. Counselors will work with the patient, the patient's family members and the patient's referral source such as physician and/or therapist to achieve individualized treatment goals. This program is approximately three hours a day and has been designed to balance treatment requirements with work, education and home-life schedules. The program includes:
- Cognitive behavioral group therapy
- Patient and family education
- Educational groups on a variety of topics
- Treatment and discharge plans coordinated with referring clinicians and physicians
Adult Addiction Treatment Intensive Outpatient Program
This program is for those patients who do not require inpatient medical detoxification. Chemical dependency counselors will work with the patient, the patient's family members and the patient's referral source to achieve individualized treatment goals. This program is approximately three hours a day and has been designed to balance treatment requirements with work, education and home-life schedules. It includes:
- Group counseling on a 12-step basis
- Specific groups addressing chemical dependency issues, disease concept, and relapse and recovery
- Patient and family education
- Treatment and discharge planning coordinated with referring clinicians and physicians
Cardiac Intensive Outpatient Program
An estimated 40 to 65 percent of patients with a history of heart attack suffer from depression, which can worsen their disability from heart disease and increase their risk of dying threefold within six months.
Texas Health Springwood Center Southwest Fort Worth and Texas Health Springwood Center Allen now offer a unique intensive outpatient program tailored to meet the needs of heart attack survivors and other patients with coronary heart disease who become depressed.
The adult Cardiac Intensive Outpatient Program, one of many offered through Texas Health Springwood, addresses symptoms such as insomnia, appetite changes, social withdrawal, fear of death or adverse cardiac incident, hopelessness, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide.
"Antidepressants are often not enough for these patients," said Ramona Osburn, M.B.A., director of Texas Health Springwood Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford and the Texas Health Springwood Centers. "It is so important for these people to seek treatment for depression because it can worsen their symptoms and contribute to their disability from heart disease."
Patients often suffer from the psychological impact of a heart attack even after they've physically recovered, Osburn said. Studies have shown that 80 percent of patients with a co-occurrence of depression and heart disease improve if all their symptoms are treated with a combination of anti-depressants and individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy.
The program involves a time commitment of three hours a day, three days a week and is designed to help participants balance their treatment requirements with work, education and home-life schedules.
Patients may self-refer or be referred to the center by a physician, therapist, or an Employee Assistance Program counselor. The American Hospital Association recommends that all cardiac patients should be screened for depression.
Texas Health Springwood Hospital and Texas Health Springwood Centers all provide free screenings and assessments Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. To make an appointment, please call 817-355-7771.
Contact Us
The center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The clinic is located at 915 Exchange Parkway, Suite 150.
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Patients can make an appointment to start the program, and walk-ins are always welcome. For more information or an appointment, please call 972-908-2303.
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