Texas Children’s, Menninger Clinic form new mental health unit to address pandemic-driven surge in demand

Swelling numbers of adolescents needing urgent mental health stabilization drove the creation of a new 12-bed unit at The Menninger Clinic, staffed by a team from Texas Children’s Hospital. In a first for Menninger — which has traditionally been a cash-pay-only mental health clinic — the unit will accept patients under Aetna. Click through for more details and how the partnership came to be.