Tucson Mental Health Hotline
Free, confidential support for Tucson residents — available 24/7.
⚠ Safety Notice
If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911.
If you’re having thoughts of suicide or are in emotional crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
The Mental Health Hotline is a support and resource line, not a substitute for emergency services.
Tucson is home to about 550,000 people, and by the CDC’s city-level estimates close to one in four adults here has been told at some point that they have depression. That is a higher share than in most large American cities, and it sits alongside an uninsured rate that ranks among the highest in the country.
Cost is the reason people most often give for going without mental health care. It is worth knowing that Pima County’s crisis services do not ask about your insurance first, and the walk-in center on East District Street turns nobody away.
The Mental Health Hotline can help you work out which door to use. Calling is free and confidential, and the line is open 24/7. Call 866-903-3787 to ask about mental health resources and treatment options in the Tucson area, whether the concern is anxiety, substance use or something harder to put a name to.
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Options for Tucson Hotlines
The resources below serve Tucson and Pima County, starting with the Mental Health Hotline and moving outward to statewide and national lines. Southern Arizona has its own crisis number, which is not the same one used in Phoenix. If you are dealing with an emergency right now, call 911, or call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For options elsewhere in the state, see our Arizona mental health hotline page.
Tucson Mental Health Statistics to Know
Tucson is the one Arizona city we cover where need and access are both under strain. Depression diagnoses, self-rated health and the uninsured rate all sit worse than the typical large American city, which is a different picture from Phoenix or Mesa an hour or two up the interstate.
Sources: Tucson figures are model-based estimates from the CDC PLACES 2025 release, built on 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data: 24.0% of adults reported a depression diagnosis (95% CI 21.0–27.2), 15.7% of adults under 65 lacked health insurance (95% CI 14.2–17.3), 23.1% rated their health as fair or poor (95% CI 20.7–25.7), and 18.3% reported 14 or more poor mental health days in the past month. Population figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Help Is Here
More people in Tucson are dealing with this than in most cities its size, and more of them are doing it without coverage. Neither of those facts means you are out of options.
The Mental Health Hotline is free to call, confidential and open 24 hours a day. Call 866-903-3787 to ask about your options and get pointed toward support in the Tucson area.
Call when you’re ready.