Behavioral Health

Behavioral health issues do not discriminate: they can occur in anyone’s life. Whether you are active duty, family member or other beneficiary, behavioral health care at Keller Army Community Hospital is delivered in a compassionate manner designed to aid in recovery. Individual or group counseling is designed to help patients get through life’s behavioral challenges.

Services Provided

The Behavioral Health provides psychiatric, clinical psychology, and social work services, as appropriate, to maintain the mental health of active duty military personnel, cadets, and other authorized beneficiaries. Services include individual, group, and marital psychotherapy; psychiatric medication management; psychiatric assessment; consultation to medical staff; psychological testing; relaxation and biofeedback therapy; crisis intervention.

Resources

• Mental Health and Security Clearances information - Seeking mental health services does not affect one's ability to gain or hold clearance eligibility. Adjudicators regard seeking necessary mental health treatment as a positive step in the security clearance process.  

Command Directed Behavioral Health Evaluation (CDBHE)

These are the forms needed for a Command Directed Behavioral Health Evaluation (CDBHE):

Forms for Commander to complete

• DA Form 8003 - Command Referral for a Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Evaluation
• Commander's Request for Behavioral Health Evaluation
• CDBHE Escort Guidelines
• Physical Evaluation Form

Forms for Servicemember to complete

• Patient Forms for CDBHE: (1) DA Form 8001 - Limits of Confidentiality, (2) DD Form 2005 - Collection of Patient Information, (3) Patient Summary

Instructions

• Information/Instructions for Command Evaluation Request
• Command Directed Mental Health Evaluation Referral Algorithm

Policies

• DoDI 6490.04 - Mental Health Evaluations of Member of the Military Services
• DoDI 6490.08 - Command Notification Requirements to Dispel Stigmas in Providing Mental Health Care to Service Members
• DHA Policy Memo 23-014 - Military Medical Treatment Facility Management of Self-Initiated Referral Process for Mental Health Evaluations of Service Members

CLOSED on the following dates due to federal designated holidays or by Executive Order of the President of the United States:

• Thursday, November 28, 2024 (Thanksgiving)
• Wednesday, December 25, 2024 (Christmas)
• Wednesday, January 1, 2025 (New Years)
• Monday, January 20, 2025 (Dr. Martin Luther King Day)
• Monday, February 17, 2025 (President’s Day)
• Monday, May 26, 2025 (Memorial Day)
• Thursday, June 19, 2025 (Juneteenth)
• Friday, July 4, 2025 (Independence Day)
• Monday, September 1, 2025 (Labor Day)