Updates

If you are a patient, please visit Psychiatry for more contact, scheduling, and location information.

Referring Provider Instructions


To refer your patient to Psychiatry, please complete the following steps.

  1. Review guidelines
    To ensure that your patient receives the best possible care, please review the referral guidelines below and submit the requested information with the online referral form.
  2. Complete the online referral form or submit via Texas Children’s Link
    Psychiatry referrals must be submitted by the patient's referring provider
    Psychiatry does not accept self-referrals submitted by patient/parent
  1. Provide patient with scheduling instructions

Please allow up to 10 business days for the referral to be processed.

  1. Follow your patients’ care 
    Request access or log in to Texas Children's Link, an online provider portal connection to Texas Children’s electronic medical record. With Texas Children's Link, you are able to place and cancel orders and referrals, access patient medical records, view images, receive updates and notifications, and more.

Need Help?

If you are a referring provider’s office needing referral assistance or a provider needing to speak to an on-call specialist, please contact the Provider Connect team, M-F 8a-5p, excluding holidays:

  1. Phone: 832-TCH-CARE (832-824-2273)
  2. Toll-Free: 877-855-4857
  3. Email: providerconnect@texaschildrens.org