Texas Mental Health Hotline
Free, confidential support for Texas 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. It is not a substitute for emergency services.
Roughly 4.8 million Texas adults live with a mental health condition, and about 1.19 million live with a serious mental illness. Those numbers can feel abstract when you are the one struggling, but they mean something simple: you are not unusual, and you are not alone.
Texas works differently from most states. Rather than one statewide crisis number, it runs a network of Local Mental Health Authorities, each covering a set of counties and its own 24-hour crisis number. That means the right one depends on where you live — and 988 or 211 can route you there if you are not sure.
Whether you are dealing with depression, anxiety or something you cannot yet name, the resources below are free to contact, confidential and open to all Texas residents.
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Options for Texas Hotlines
The following resources provide support, information and connections to care across Texas. The Mental Health Hotline is one of several places to turn — explore what fits your needs.
Local Resources by City
For city-specific mental health resources in Texas, explore the pages below:
Texas Mental Health Statistics to Know
If you’re feeling isolated or worried you’ll be judged for seeking help, these Texas figures show you are not alone:
Additional findings: More than 13 million people in Texas live in a community without enough mental health professionals, and 177,045 calls were made to Texas’s 988 call centers in 2023. Figures compiled by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, March 2025.
Help Is Here
Your mental well-being matters as much as your physical health. Living with an undiagnosed and untreated mental health condition takes a heavy toll on your enjoyment of life and on your relationships with friends and loved ones.
Your situation and challenges are your own, and you may not know how to ask for help. The Mental Health Hotline is a good place to start.
Call when you’re ready.