San Antonio State Hospital (SASH)

Casa Amistad Unit

1500 Pappas Street

Building 664

Laredo, TX 78041

Main Tel: 956-794-3405

Intake Tel 1: 210-532-8811

Intake Tel 2: 956-794-3000

Website: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhhospitals/SanAntonioSH/default.shtm

Information and Services

Age Groups Accepted
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65 or older)
  • Young adults
Emergency Mental Health Services
  • Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)
  • State mental health authority
Payment/Insurance Accepted
  • Community Mental Health Block Grants
  • IHS/638 contract care funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency funds
  • State welfare or child and family services funds
  • U.S Department of VA funds
Primary Focus of the Provider
  • Mental Health Treatment Services
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)
  • Hospital inpatient
  • Psychiatric hospital or unit
Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
Language Services
  • Spanish
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking Not allowed
Treatment Approaches
  • Activity therapy
  • Behavior modification
  • Cognitive/behavior therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Psychotropic medication
  • Telemedicine therapy
Type of Care
  • Mental health treatment