德克萨斯州向9所大学提供500万美元, 以扩大法医精神病学培训. Texas awards $5M to nine universities to expand forensic psychiatry training.

德克萨斯州向九所大学医学中心提供500万美元的资助, 包括位于卢博克和埃尔帕索的德克薩斯理工健康科学中心, 以扩大法医精神病学培训. Texas has awarded $5 million in grants to nine university medical centers, including Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock and El Paso, to expand forensic psychiatry training. 每个机构将获得约555,000美元,用于开发或加强一年的奖学金计划,为执照医生提供民事,刑事和行政法律背景下的精神评估和治疗. Each institution will receive about $555,000 to develop or enhance one-year fellowship programs that prepare licensed physicians to provide psychiatric evaluations and treatment in civil, criminal, and administrative legal contexts. 德克萨斯高等教育协调委员会管理的资金由州长格雷格·阿博特宣布,旨在加强该州精神卫生工作人员,改善获得心理护理的机会,并通过增加司法系统专家投入来提高公共安全. The funding, administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and announced by Governor Greg Abbott, aims to strengthen the state’s mental health workforce, improve access to psychiatric care, and enhance public safety by increasing expert input in the justice system.