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Cedar Crest provides a full continuum of behavioral and educational services to the youth of Texas and the southwest. Its main campus is located along Interstate 35 in Belton, approximately 50 miles north of Austin and easily accessible from the Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston metropolitan areas. An array of specialty mental health and substance abuse services is offered at this location. Cedar Crest operates a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Killeen, conveniently located 20 minutes west of the main Belton facility. The clinic is staffed with psychiatrists, psychologists, and Master's-level therapists, who provide evaluations, medication management, follow-up, and counseling. Cedar Crest employs a number of methods to ascertain its success in helping at-risk young people. Patients' progress in, and their and their parents' satisfaction with, treatment are measured using evidence-based methods and proven assessment instruments. Results are aggregated and incorporated into the hospital's performance improvement process, with a goal of continually enhancing the quality of care provided and improving patient outcomes. Cedar Crest is licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). Its treatment programs are Medicaid approved. Cedar Crest is an affiliate of Behavioral Centers of America and a member of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems and the Texas Hospital Association.