This week marks the 10th anniversary of Burke’s Mental Health Emergency Center (MHEC), a ground-breaking program that has significantly improved crisis mental health services in east Texas while serving as an award-winning model for other regions throughout the state. Burke’s MHEC was the nation’s first rural freestanding comprehensive psychiatric emergency service and the first to […]
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Fifteen new Instructors certified to teach Youth Mental Health First Aid
This summer, Burke hosted a training that added fifteen new instructors from the state of Texas to the Mental Health First Aid team. The new instructors represent organizations throughout the state: from Burke based in Lufkin, Spindletop Center based in Beaumont, Community Healthcore out of Longview, Helen Farabee Center out of Wichita Falls, Education Service […]
Burke could be valuable resource for East Texas districts’ school safety plans
By Donna McCollum, Journalist, see the original KTRE story here. Lufkin, TX (KTRE) Students’ mental and behavioral health needs are listed as a top priority in Gov. Greg Abbott’s school and firearm safety action plan. East Texas News learned that mental health professionals could be an excellent resource for both services and guidance to school […]
STEP Toward Recovery: Burke Hosting Outreach Presentation
By Nicole Bradford, Reporter, see the original story here. Nacogdoches, TX (Daily Sentinel) A year ago, LeeAnn Dwire might have seemed like a garden variety troubled teen. Depressed and anxious, the teen often isolated herself. Worse, she began having hallucinations — hearing voices that were not there. “I was in a bad place,” said Dwire, […]
Closing the Gap in East Texas: Improving Mental Health Care for Disadvantaged, Rural Populations
Recently, Burke therapist, Stephanie Knott was interviewed by Diolog: The Texas Episcopalian magazine. Read below to learn more about Burke’s partnership with the Episcopal Health Foundation and the Seminary of the Southwest to improve access to mental health services in East Texas counties. Seven patients. Two clinics. One elementary school. That’s the typical day for […]
Burke Broke Ground in Nacogdoches for a new Mental Health Clinic
In January, Burke broke ground on four acres along North University Drive for a new mental health facility in Nacogdoches. Goodwin, Lasiter, and Strong of Lufkin, TX designed the building, and Cox Contractors of Nacogdoches started the construction process at the beginning of the year. Project completion of the $4.5 million, 32,000 square foot building […]
