Denver Mental Health Hotline
Free, confidential support for Denver 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 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
The Mental Health Hotline offers support and resources and is not a substitute for emergency services.
Denver is, by most measures, a healthy city. Adults here rate their own health better than in almost any other large U.S. city, and they report fewer days of poor mental health than the typical city on this list. But those numbers sit alongside a harder one: about one in eight Denver adults under 65 has no health insurance, and routine checkups here are among the least common of the 100 cities we track.
That gap matters. Feeling generally well does not mean help is easy to reach when something changes, and the usual advice to bring it up with your doctor assumes a doctor you already see. The resources below are built for people who do not have that starting point, including walk-in care you can use today without an appointment, insurance, or the ability to pay.
Every phone number and location on this page was checked against the organization’s own published information. For resources across the rest of the state, see our Colorado mental health resources page.
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Options for Denver Hotlines
These lines and locations serve Denver and the surrounding metro area. The Mental Health Hotline, at 866-903-3787, is one of several places to turn, so look through what fits your situation. If you need to talk to someone right now, start with 988 or a walk-in center.
Denver Mental Health Statistics to Know
These figures come from the CDC’s PLACES program, which models health estimates for individual cities. Read together, they describe a city where the need is close to average but the on-ramp to care is narrower than you might expect.
CDC PLACES 2025 release, crude prevalence among Denver adults, modeled from 2023 survey data. Uninsured 13.3% (95% CI 12.0–14.8) among adults aged 18–64; routine checkup in the past year 69.2% (66.2–72.0); ever told by a health professional they have a depressive disorder 22.9% (20.5–25.5). Among the 100 U.S. cities in this series, Denver’s checkup rate is the 10th lowest and its uninsured rate is above the median of 11.6%. Its rate of 14 or more poor mental health days a month, 15.5%, is lower than in 83 of those cities. For a wider look at how depression is recognized and treated, or at what happens when you call 988, see our guides.
Help Is Here
Not having insurance or a regular doctor makes the first step harder, but it does not close the door. Denver has walk-in care that asks nothing about coverage, sliding-scale providers, and free peer support groups that meet every week.
If you are not sure which of those fits, the Mental Health Hotline can help you find the right starting point. Call 866-903-3787 to talk through what you need. You can also reach the NAMI HelpLine during weekday hours for resource referrals.
Call when you’re ready.