Austin & Central Texas
ACTP Provider Network
Advancing Care Through Partnership
An Austin-area professional community connecting mental-health clinicians, researchers, referral professionals, and community leaders.
About the network
A professional community, built on useful exchange
The ACTP Provider Network is a professional community created to strengthen connections across Austin's mental-health and clinical-research communities. Members exchange clinical resources, referral information, educational opportunities, treatment developments, and responsible updates about local research.
The network is hosted by Austin Clinical Trial Partners and is designed to provide genuine professional value through collaboration, education, and the thoughtful exchange of information.
Who should join
Verified professionals working in and around mental-health care
Membership is open to professionals whose work relates to mental-health care, community services, or clinical research in Austin and Central Texas.
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Clinicians
- Psychiatrists and other physicians
- Psychologists (PhD, PsyD)
- Counselors and therapists (LPC, LCSW, LMFT)
- Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Psychiatric nurses
- Primary-care clinicians treating mental-health conditions
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Research professionals
- Clinical research coordinators
- Clinical raters and research assistants
- Research-site staff and leadership
- Academic faculty and clinical researchers
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Referral & community roles
- Care coordinators and referral professionals
- Hospital and behavioral-health program staff
- Mental-health nonprofit and community-program leaders
- Graduate trainees with a recognized institutional affiliation
The network is intended for professionals, not for patients or the general public. Industry representatives, vendors, and consultants participate by invitation or where they are offering clear educational value.
Why join
What membership is good for
- Connect with other professionals working locally in mental-health care and research.
- Discover clinical and community resources your colleagues are already using.
- Strengthen referral relationships across practices, programs, and organizations.
- Follow emerging treatments and developments in mental-health research.
- Share educational events and professional opportunities with a relevant audience.
- Contribute to a better-connected mental-health community in Central Texas.
Community guidelines
How the group works
Short version: keep it relevant, keep patients out of it, and be straight about who you are.
- No identifiable patient informationNever post patient names, identifiable clinical details, protected health information, or confidential study information.
- No individualized medical adviceThe group is not a forum for individual patient-care decisions, clinical emergencies, or case-specific direction.
- Accurate, responsible informationRepresent clinical and research information carefully, and cite a source when a claim is doing real work.
- Transparent affiliationsUse your real professional identity and disclose relevant professional, organizational, or commercial affiliations.
- Limited, relevant promotionServices, events, and research opportunities may be shared when genuinely relevant. Repetitive or unsolicited promotion is not permitted.
- Respectful professional communicationDisagreement is welcome; colleagues are addressed the way you would address them at a case conference.
Read the complete guidelines
- Keep discussions relevant to mental-health care, professional education, referrals, community resources, or research.
- Do not post patient names, identifiable clinical information, protected health information, or confidential study information.
- The group is not a forum for individualized medical advice, clinical emergencies, or patient-care decisions.
- Represent clinical and research information accurately and responsibly.
- Disclose relevant professional, organizational, or commercial affiliations.
- Relevant services, events, and research opportunities may be shared, but unsolicited or repetitive promotion is not permitted.
- Study-specific materials must be appropriate for public distribution and comply with applicable sponsor and IRB requirements.
- Moderators may edit or remove inappropriate content and revoke membership when necessary.
Membership in the ACTP Provider Network does not create a clinical relationship, a referral obligation, a research relationship, an endorsement, or a partnership with Austin Clinical Trial Partners.
Hosted by
Austin Clinical Trial Partners
The ACTP Provider Network is organized and hosted by Austin Clinical Trial Partners, a physician-owned clinical research site specializing in central nervous system and mental-health research.
ACTP moderates the network and takes part as one member among many.
Membership
Join Austin's mental-health professional community
If your professional work relates to mental-health care, clinical research, referrals, or community services in Austin or Central Texas, we invite you to request membership. Members are also encouraged to share the network with appropriate professional colleagues.
Requests are reviewed by a moderator. You can also write to us directly at actpnetwork@googlegroups.com.
Please do not include patient names, clinical details, or any protected health information in your request or in any message to the group.