Patient Resources & Information
Serving Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro & Rockwall Counties with Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment and Services
You are not alone.
Approximately 6% of Americans have a serious mental health condition.
Approximately 17% have a substance use disorder.
Approximately 1 in 4 people with a serious mental illness also have a substance use disorder.
You can take an active role in your health care! Learn more using the links to resources below.
Resources
Your Rights
Information on a patient’s rights under state and federal law and NTBHA policies.
You have a right to play a part in your health care. That’s a healthy choice! Feel free to ask questions and express your opinions and concerns. Please mention any special needs you are currently experiencing. We may be able to help! You can also ask a trusted family member or friend to join you if you want to. Please let us know how we can partner for a healthier you.
The documents below provide more information about your healthcare rights:
Glossary
Gather authoritative information on mental health and substance conditions and diagnoses, professional qualifications, key NTBHA services, and general terminology.
Articles, Data, Reports & Studies
LOCAL REPORTS
2025
Responding to Suicidality and Related Issues Presentation by Carol Lucky-CEO, North Texas Behavioral Health Authority and Walter L. Taylor, Ph.D.-Chief Strategy Officer, North Texas Behavioral Health Authority
STATE REPORTS
Reports are listed in order of the date of publication.
2026
2025
Texas HHSC-Report on Waiting Lists for Mental Health Services
December 19, 2025
Texas HHSC-Report on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Program
December 18, 2025
Texas HHSC-All Texas Access Report for Fiscal Year 2025
December 2025
Texas HHSC-State Hospital Forensic Waitlist Report Fiscal Year 2025
September 2025
Texas HHSC-Annual Report on Federal Community Mental Health Block Grant Expenditures-2025
June 9, 1925
Texas HHSC-Annual Report on Federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Expenditures-2025
June 9, 2025
Texas HHSC-Consolidated Reporting of Opioid-Use Disorder Related Expenditures-FY 2024
May 14, 2025
Texas HHSC Boarding Home Facilities Report
April 17, 2025
Texas HHSC-All Texas Access Report-FY 2024
March 31, 2025
Texas HHSC-Annual Report on Voluntary Accreditation of Recovery Housing Data
February 13, 2025
Texas HHSC-Report on Outcomes of the Behavioral Health Partnership Program
Report on non-physician mental health professionals employed by Local Behavioral Health Authorities (LBHAs) and Local Mental Health Authorities (LMHAs) as mental health and substance use resources for school districts located in the region served by a Regional Education Service Center in which an LBHA or LMHA is located. Published January 29, 2025.
Texas HHSC-Report on the Children’s Behavioral Health Strategic Plan
January 28, 2025
Texas HHSC-Texas Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan: Progress Report
January 14, 2025
Texas HHSC-State Hospital Bed-Day Allocation Methodology and Utilization Review Protocol-FY 2024
January 7, 2025
U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Reports are listed in order of the date of publication.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). “Young men at highest risk of schizophrenia linked with cannabis use disorder”
May 4, 2023