{"id":206208,"date":"2025-12-27T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206208\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T06:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T06:27:09","slug":"what-to-know-about-first-state-psychiatric-hospital-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206208\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about first state psychiatric hospital in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">AUSTIN \u2014 UT Southwestern Medical Center has been chosen to run the first state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/24\/utsw-to-open-first-state-psychiatric-hospital-in-dallas-in-summer-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/24\/utsw-to-open-first-state-psychiatric-hospital-in-dallas-in-summer-2026\/\">psychiatric hospital<\/a> in Dallas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">It\u2019s expected to ease severe shortages in psychiatric beds, shorten waitlists and reduce pressure on emergency rooms and jails across North Texas as the state expands its mental health system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A closer look at what comes next:<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">What will the hospital include? The nearly finished facility in the Southwestern Medical District will house 292 inpatient beds, including units for both adults and children.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">When will it open? State and university officials say the hospital is expected to begin admitting patients in summer 2026 after staffing and ramp-up are complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">What does UT Southwestern say it will bring? UT Southwestern President Dr. Daniel Podolsky said the facility will deliver high-quality psychiatric care and help expand access as part of the state\u2019s broader mental health system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">How does this fit into Texas\u2019 mental health strategy? The Dallas facility is one of several projects launched after lawmakers committed nearly $3 billion in recent years to expand inpatient capacity and mental health care statewide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">What are local lawmakers saying? State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, welcomed the decision, saying UT Southwestern\u2019s role gives the state a strong partner to manage high-quality, innovative care at the new Dallas hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN \u2014 UT Southwestern Medical Center has been chosen to run the first state psychiatric hospital in Dallas.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523,43,238],"class_list":{"0":"post-206208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}