Behavioral Health Status Report

What is the Behavioral Health in Collin County 2023 Profile and Status Report?

In February, 2023 CBHCC published its first report on behavioral health in Collin County in order to encourage and facilitate discussion around behavioral health capacity, needs, resources, gaps, and trends. The report contains recommendations for stakeholder consideration, and we plan to convene collaborative stakeholder groups around projects and needs that have the potential to improve outcomes in Collin County in the future. We will use this report to engage the public on the subject of behavioral health in Collin County by addressing facts in a clear and straightforward manner. We want our friends and neighbors to understand and be comfortable talking about behavioral health issues, even though the vast majority have been very reluctant to do so in times past.

We know from our own experiences and from millions in recovery that when it comes to mental health or substance use disorders, silence can be deadly, and openly discussing these issues opens the door to recovery.

This report and the Executive Summary of the report can be downloaded by clicking the button below.

The CBHCC Organizing Committee determined in 2017 that the Coalition’s first major priority should be to inform citizens, businesses, and leaders in Collin County about the facts around behavioral health capacity, needs, resources, gaps, and trends. This is a critical need due to the great difficulty for all but a very few to understand the system and its parts; what institutions are impacted; how, where and when care is accessed and paid for; and the inability of most citizens to even understand when behavioral healthcare is needed or where to access care. Historically these issues have been complicated and masked by the stigma of having a mental illness or substance use disorder, the historical lack of funding for care, and the general lack of knowledge among citizens about where to find care.

The onset of the opioid epidemic, closely followed by the Covid-19 pandemic with its lockdowns, isolation and school closures, and now an epidemic of Fentanyl, the most deadly drug in our history, have placed in graphic relief the need to understand the facts around behavioral health and how these conditions are impacting our families, businesses, and institutions.