Behavioral Outpatient Services in San Angelo

At Shannon, we are on a mission to ensure our community members live happy, healthy lives. This includes providing quality, outpatient mental health services to patients throughout San Angelo and the surrounding areas. Our Shannon Behavioral Health service employs a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, activities therapists, and licensed professional counselors, to ensure you have the specialized care you deserve.

No two people are the same, which means no two treatment methods should be either. Our skilled professionals not only customize your care to your specific needs but also continue to monitor your progress and adjust treatments whenever necessary.

Our professionals offer:

Medication Management
Individual Counseling
Adult and Pediatric Psychological Testing

We understand that often reaching out for help with your mental health can be a nerve wracking and overwhelming undertaking, so it is our goal to make receiving professional assistance as straightforward as possible. Whether you are suffering from depression, anxiety, or a suspected mental illness, our team is here to help.

We offer a variety of outpatient programs to help meet the needs of our patients.

Intensive Outpatient Program

The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is more intensive than traditional outpatient programs and is designed to achieve short-term stabilization and resolution of immediate problem areas. The patient and family are offered services by a team of professionals. The patient is enrolled in a time-limited program with others working on similar issues. The treatment team may include licensed therapists, nurses, program specialists and a physician.

Advantages of IOP:

Individual lives at home
Sessions may be conducted while the individual continues to go to work
Individual therapy is augmented by group therapies specific to the patient’s needs
Frequency of attendance is determined by the individual’s specific needs
IOP services are available during the day and evening to accommodate patients’ schedules
Transportation accessibility should never act as a barrier to receiving treatment. Call us at 325-747-4700 to discuss transportation options.

Partial Hospitalization Program

When around-the-clock care is not required, our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) delivers treatment during the day.

Patients return home in the evening, resulting in reduced costs compared to in-hospital care. River Crest Hospital programs — dual diagnosis and adult — have this option.

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) is designed as an alternative to hospitalization. Patients may be enrolled directly into PHP or may be “stepped down” from a hospital setting to facilitate the quickest return to the home setting. PHP offers all of the program intensity of acute inpatient care without having to stay in the hospital overnight. Treatment consists of multiple treatment modalities (individual therapy, group therapy, education groups, family therapy and physician oversight) provided in a coordinated manner to achieve short-term stabilization of immediate crises. Nursing care is provided as well as routine treatment supervision by a psychiatrist. Partial Hospitalization is time-limited and concludes when the patient’s immediate presenting problem is stabilized or resolved.

River Crest Hospital offers a short-term day treatment program for adults five days a week. This program is for patients with a primary psychiatric diagnosis who require intensive support and structure, but not 24-hour supervision. Dual diagnosis programs are available for adults with a secondary substance abuse diagnosis.

Advantages of PHP:

Patient lives at home, and comes to hospital for care
Weekly psychiatric oversight and supervision
Multidisciplinary treatment team
Stabilization of condition that would otherwise result in hospitalization
Hospital stays may be shortened by “step down” to less intensive level of care
Less intensive, less expensive alternative to hospitalization
Transportation accessibility should never act as a barrier to receiving treatment. Call us at 325-747-4700 to discuss transportation options.

Recognizing and Seeking Help

Treatment for mental illness is most effective when started early, so if you have noticed any of the below warning signs, reach out to our trusted team.

Signs of potential mental illness include: