Mental Health Care in Houston, TX

John S Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center

What Does John S Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center Offer?

John S Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center is a mental health facility at 5615 H Mark Crosswell Jr Street, Houston, Texas, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy, partial hospitalization and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale and payment assistance. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and TMS. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

5615 H Mark Crosswell Jr Street
Houston, TX 77021

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at John S Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Outpatient
Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

County or local government funds
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Private health insurance
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Crisis and Emergency Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Ketamine Infusion Therapy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Seniors or older adults
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients who have experienced trauma
Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Language Services

Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Spanish
Other languages (excluding Spanish)
Farsi
Italian
Vietnamese

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Pimozide
Thiothixene
Trifluoperazine
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Diet and exercise counseling
Family psychoeducation
Case management service
Suicide prevention services
Education services
HIV testing
STD testing
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Texas lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.