Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities – Robstown Outpatient

Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities - Robstown Outpatient is a mental health counselor in Robstown, TX. The center serves residents of Nueces County living with mental illness and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Its outpatient services include psychiatric and behavioral health care, counseling, case management, skills training, psychiatric evaluation and follow-up, and service coordination. Treatment addresses conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and other emotional or behavioral disorders. Services extend to children ages 3 to 17 and adults 18 and older, along with individuals with intellectual disabilities, autism, or pervasive developmental disorder. The center also provides intervention, therapies, and supports including eligibility determination, autism services, respite, training and support, community supports, and employment assistance. It holds a rating of 2.30 based on 3 reviews.

The center traces its history to 1969 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019. It became a Texas Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in 2022, and in 2025 received a two-year accreditation for intellectual and developmental disability services through the National Committee for Quality Assurance. A program created in 2018 with local law enforcement agencies, mental health professionals, judges, and the Nueces County Hospital District addresses jail diversion, crisis intervention response, mobile crisis outreach, and jail-based competency restoration. The center is governed by a local Board of Trustees appointed by the Nueces County Commissioners Court. Dr. Michael Hernandez, a board certified psychiatrist who has practiced in Corpus Christi for more than 18 years, serves as Medical Director and has been associated with the center in different capacities for more than fifteen years.

The Robstown Outpatient location is on Texas Yes Blvd in Robstown.

For Nueces County residents seeking psychiatric and behavioral health care, the center brings together outpatient counseling, crisis services, and intellectual and developmental disability supports under one organization with more than five decades of service to the area.

Services:

• Adult Mental Health
• Crisis Intervention
• Intellectual Disabilities Services
• Mental Health First Aid
• Youth Mental Health