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North Texas State Hospital - Vernon Campus

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North Texas State Hospital — part of the HHS Health and Specialty Care System — consists of three campuses in Wichita Falls and Vernon. These campuses provide inpatient, psychiatric services to adults, children and adolescents. The hospital also provides psychiatric services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Vernon campus has 284 adult beds and 78 adolescent beds. It is a maximum-security facility that services both adults with criminal (forensic) issues and adolescents with dually-diagnosed substance abuse and mental health problems most of whom are there as a condition of their probation, having had significant involvement with the juvenile justice system. 

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The Vernon campus has 284 adult beds and 78 adolescent beds. It is a maximum-security facility that services both adults with criminal (forensic) issues and adolescents with dually-diagnosed substance abuse and mental health problems most of whom are there as a condition of their probation, having had significant involvement with the juvenile justice system. The Vernon campus was mandated by the 70th Texas Legislature to provide services to six populations:

Persons with felony charges who have been found incompetent to stand trial;
Persons admitted for pre-trial evaluations for competency and issues of insanity;
Persons found not guilty by reason of insanity;
Persons from other state hospitals who have been found to be manifestly dangerous;
Mentally retarded persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial on misdemeanor or felony charges;
Persons from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and other jails who need inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.

North Texas State Hospital — part of the HHS Health and Specialty Care System — consists of three campuses in Wichita Falls and Vernon. These campuses provide inpatient, psychiatric services to adults, children and adolescents. The hospital also provides psychiatric services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

North Texas State Hospital in Vernon, TX is not nationally ranked in any specialty.

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