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T-CD1 Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. URL: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/hcqs/plc/lpc/lpc_def.htm
Licensing and regulatory authority for professional counselors in Texas. Evaluates applicants for professional counselor licensure; issues temporary, provisional, and regular professional counselor licenses; develops and administers the Texas Licensed Professional Counselor Examination; renews professional counselor licenses annually; approves continuing education providers and programs; receives and investigates consumer complaints regarding counseling services; initiates disciplinary actions against professional counselors who are found to have violated state law or rules relating to the professional counselor license. Website includes forms, laws, rules, and publications.
T-CD2 Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. URL: http://www.tsbep.state.tx.us/index.html
Licensing and regulatory authority for professional psychologists. Includes laws and rules, minutes of meetings, licensing forms, consumer complaint filing procedures and forms, newsletters, and directory of board members.
T-CD3 Texas Department of State Health Services. URL: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/
Oversees community health services, state hospital programs, alcohol and drug abuse services, and former Dept. of Health programs. Provides directories for services, rules and regulations, organizational charts, and news and information of interest. Selecting Community Mental Health on the left brings you to a page of links to a wide range of important resources. Earlier Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation ceased operations on 1 September 2004, and its functions were split among the Texas Dept. of State Health Services and the Texas Dept. of Aging and Disability Services.
T-CD3a Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services. URL: http://www.dads.state.tx.us//
Provides mental retardation services and state school programs; community care, nursing facility, and long-term care regulatory services; and aging services and programs.
T-CD4 Texas Counseling Association. URL: http://www.txca.org/
General TCA information and links for the following TCA divisions: Texas Assoc. for Adult Development and Aging (TAADA), Texas Assoc. of Marriage and Family Counselors (TAMFC), Texas Mental Health Counselors Assoc. (TMHCA), Texas Assoc. for Assessment in Counseling (TAAC), Texas Assoc. for Humanistic Education and Development (TAHEAD), Texas School Counselor Assoc. (TSCA), Texas Assoc. for Counselor Education and Supervision (TACES), Texas Career Development Assoc. (TCDA), Texas College Counselors Assoc. (TCCA), Texas Assoc. for Multicultural Counseling and Development (TexAMCD), and Texas Assoc. for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Issues in Counseling (TAGLBIC). Website includes the TCA Code of ethics, job postings and career opportunities, and legislative alerts. Some resources require membership for access.
T-CD5 Texas Psychological Association. URL: http://www.texaspsyc.org/
Professional association for Texas psychologists. Includes self-study continuing education and practice publications for psychologists. Some resources require membership for access.
T-CD5a Federation of Texas Psychiatry. URL: http://www.txpysch.org
Formed in 2004, this federation unites the Texas Soc. of Psychiatric Physicians (TSPP), the Texas Academy of Psychiatry, the Texas Soc. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research, and the Texas Medical Assoc. in advocacy for patients and quality psychiatric care.
T-CD5b National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Texas. URL: http://www.namitexas.org/
A nonprofit organization made up of consumers, families, friends, and professionals dealing with mental health issues. Provides links to programs and services, discussion groups, and other resources.
T-CD5c Texas Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health. URL: http://www.txffcmh.org
Information for parents, caregivers, and professionals addressing the unique needs of children with emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders.
T-CD5d Texas Mental Health Consumers. URL: http://www.tmhc.org
The mission of this group is to organize, encourage, and educate the mental health consumers in Texas about treatment options and self-determination and grassroots participation in public mental health policy.
T-CD6 Publication library of the Mental Health Association in Texas. URL: http://mhatexas.org/PublicationLibrary.htm
Brochures and informative materials presented by the Mental Health Assoc. in Texas.
T-CD7 Publications list. Austin: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, 1981- . Annual. TexDoc Z UA275.1 P96
Also available: http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/Pages/Publications.html
Catalog of pamphlets, leaflets, monographs, special publications, and manuals available singly or in bulk free or at low cost from the Hogg Foundation at the Univ. of Texas at Austin. Includes instructions for being placed on the mailing list for publications and instructions for ordering.
T-CD8 TCA publications. URL: http://www.txca.org/StaticContent/StaticPages/publications.html
Information about journal, newspaper, brochures, manual, and other publications available from the Texas Counseling Assoc. Includes journal advertising policies.
T-CD9 Texas Psychological Association practice resources. URL: http://www.texaspsyc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=2
Information, ordering instructions, and links for books, brochures, articles, and other items produced by TPA and related groups.
T-CD10 Glossary. Austin: Public Information Office, Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1990. 35, 7 p. ill., 2 p. of plates. TexDoc M1000.8 G516
Also available: http://www.dads.state.tx.us/handbooks/mdcp/glossary/index.htm (Medically dependent children program handbook); http://www.dads.state.tx.us/handbooks/fvsnppm/glossary/index.htm (Family violence special nonresidential project provider manual)
Guide to terms, acronyms, and abbreviations. Sections devoted to definitions of terms, abbreviations and acronyms, directory of facilities and community MHMR centers, and index. Rev. ed. of the TDMHMR glossary, 1978.
T-CD11 Directory of services. Austin: Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1958- . Biennial. TexDoc M1000.5 D628
Also available: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhprograms/linksmain.shtm (OMS Links - Culturally Specific Mental Health Resources); http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/programs/progquery.asp (List of programs/services offered through the Texas Dept. of State Health Services); http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhservices/default.shtm (Database of mental health services searchable by county, city, or ZIP code); http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mentalhealth.shtm (List of links covering all aspects of the Texas mental health system)
Title varies. 1st-7th ed. pub. by the Dept. of Health, Div. of Mental Health. List by city of available TDHMHMR services, kinds of services offered, sponsoring authority, and counties served. Also lists services by county. Separate list of private psychiatric hospitals licensed by TDMHMR.
T-CD12 Roster of current licensees. Austin: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, 1971- . Annual, in Apr. TexDoc P3300.5 R739
Also available: http://www.tsbep.state.tx.us/roster_2004.html
Licensed psychologists, certified psychologists, and psychological associates listed alphabetically and geographically. Also includes Psychologists certification and licensing act and Ethical standards of psychologists.
T-CD12a Roster of licensed marriage and family therapists. URL: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mft/mft%5Frosters.shtm
Access to rosters for licensed marriage and family therapists.
T-CD13 Roster of licensed professional counselors. Austin: Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, 1985- . Annual, in Jul. TexDoc C3760.8 R739
Also available: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/counselor/lpc_rosters.shtm
License numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, and license expiration dates of professional counselors licensed to practice in Texas. Includes alphabetical, geographical, specialties, and inactive lists. Print version also includes text of Licensed professional counselor act and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors rules containing the code of ethics for counselors.
T-CD13a Sex offender treatment providers: registry. Austin: Council on Sex Offender Treatment, 1991- . Annual. TexDoc S769.5 Se91
See T-CC59
T-CD14 Mental illness and mental retardation: the history of state care in Texas. Austin: Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1975. 32 p. ill. TexDoc M1000.6 Im7 5:02
T-CD15 Turning points: history of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1856-1989. Austin: Public Information Office, Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, 1989. 1 v. [unpaged] TexDoc M1000.8 T86p
T-CD16 History of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. URL: http://www.hogg.utexas.edu/Pages/History.html
T-CD17 Austin State Hospital cemetery record. Austin: Austin State Hospital, 2000. 1 v. (looseleaf)
T-CD18 Law and mental health professionals: Texas. Daniel W. Shuman. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Assoc., 2004. 401 p. (Law and mental health professionals ser.) ISBN 1-59147-117-6
T-CD19 Texas laws relating to mental health and mental retardation. 14th ed. Austin: Texas Dept. of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Jun. 2003. 255 p. TexDoc M1000.4 L44 2003
T-CD20 Texas administrative code, title 22, part 30, chapter 681, professional counselors. URL: http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pub/plsql/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=3&ti=22&pt=30
T-CD21 Texas occupations code, chapter 503, licensed professional counselors. URL: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/oc.toc.htm
T-CD22 Psychologists certification and licensing act; and, rules and regulations of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Austin: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, 1997. 107 p. TexDoc P3300.4 P959
T-CD23 Texas mental health law: a sourcebook for mental health professionals. James Ray Hays, Emily Sutter, Robert McPherson, ed. Houston: Bayou Pub.; Austin: Texas Psychological Assoc., 2002. 214 p. $35 ISBN 1-88629-815-7
Impact, v. 5, no. 2, Jul./Aug. 1975.
Chronological summary of significant events in the development of mental health and mental retardation services in Texas and in the establishment of TDMHMR hospitals, schools, and centers.
Includes biographical information on the Hogg family; "The First Thirty Years, 1940-1970"; "Meeting New Challenges, 1970-1993"; and "Continuity and Change: the Recent Past and Present".
Indexed by patient name and plot number. Available at Austin Public Library.
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LAWS
Laws addressing areas pertinent to mental health professionals, including setting up a private practice, working with health care provider organizations, understanding the duty to warn, and understanding the duty to report abuse and neglect of children and adults. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhrules/Texas_Laws.shtm
"...a compilation of selected statutes and constitutional provisions" intended for basic information. Does not reflect possible later modifications through interpretations by court decisions, Attorney General opinions, or enactment of subsequent statutes by the Legislature.
Text of rules. Includes Code of ethics in Subchapter C.
Text of statute via Texas Legislature Online.
Also available: http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pub/plsql/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=3&ti=22&pt=21 (Rules and regulations, TAC Tit. 22, Part 21); http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/oc.toc.htm (Occupations Code Chapter 501)
Compilation of laws that guide professional mental health practice in Texas. Information on supervising, ethics, subpoenas, confidentiality, and more.
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Updated: 9 October 2005
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