UT Southwestern strives to provide a caring and healing environment. Our goal is to provide exceptional care in every aspect of your hospital stay. Please review these guidelines before you visit our Behavioral Health Unit.
Visiting Hours
Monday – Sunday: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
- To provide the highest quality care and programming possible, visitors are welcome during set visiting hours.
- We request that all visitors sign the Visitor Sign-in Log at the nurse’s station before entering the unit.
Contact Information
Patient Phone Hours: 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. (except during group sessions)
Patient/Visitor Belongings
Visitors are allowed to bring approved items for patient use. Items will be checked at the nurse’s station and given to the patient after the item has been reviewed.
Visitors are asked to securely store all personal belongings in the lockers provided before entering the unit.
To ensure the safety of our patients and visitors, please note that the following items are NOT allowed into the unit:
Medications of any kind
Belts, shoelaces, clothes with drawstrings
Food and drink
Products containing alcohol
Razor blades, weapons, or objects that can be used as weapons
Thumbtacks, pins, needles, staples, paper clips, safety pins
Nail files, tweezers, nail clippers
Pens, pencils
Glass or ceramic vases, picture frames, mirrors
Clothes hangers, plant hangers
Metal containers
Tobacco products, electronic cigarettes
Flammable liquids
Personal heating pads, pillows, comforters, stuffed animals
All electric and electronic equipment
Plastic bags
Any other material deemed hazardous by staff
