If you need help right now
Willow & Stone is an outpatient practice and is not an emergency service. These lines are free, confidential, and answer at any hour, anywhere in New Mexico.
911
For immediate danger to anyone’s life or safety. Tell the dispatcher it is a mental health emergency.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Free, confidential, and available 24/7 — for the person in crisis or for someone worried about them.
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255
For veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and the people who support them. VA enrollment is not required.
New Mexico’s own crisis and warmlines, its public behavioral health services, and plain-language guides for patients and families anywhere in the state. If someone is in danger right now, start with the first section.
New Mexico’s statewide crisis line
New Mexico runs its own crisis line alongside 988. It is free, and you do not need insurance to call.
New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (NMCAL)
1-855-NMCRISIS (1-855-662-7474)
Answered by trained counselors 24/7, free and confidential, for anyone in New Mexico. TTY 1-855-227-5485, or dial 711 for relay.
NMCAL Peer to Peer Warmline
1-855-4NM-7100 (1-855-466-7100)
Talk with someone who has lived experience, before things reach a crisis. Hours are limited — check the NMCAL site for current times.
Public behavioral health services
Turquoise Care (New Mexico Medicaid)
Apply at YES.NM.GOV or 1-800-283-4465
New Mexico’s Medicaid managed care program since July 1, 2024. Every plan covers behavioral health.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
Clinics in Bernalillo, Sandoval, Eddy, Doña Ana, Santa Fe, McKinley, and San Juan counties serving people regardless of ability to pay, with round-the-clock crisis services.
HCA Behavioral Health Services Division
The state division that oversees New Mexico’s public mental health and substance use services.
Support and checking credentials
NAMI New Mexico
Education and support for people living with mental illness and their families, including a guide to crisis resources.
New Mexico Board of Nursing license verification
Look up the license of a nurse or certified nurse practitioner, including psychiatric nurse practitioners, practicing in New Mexico.
Guides for New Mexico patients and families
Why Language Matters in a Psychiatric Evaluation: A New Mexico Guide
Psychiatric assessment depends almost entirely on nuance in how someone describes their own experience.
Psychiatric Care in Rural New Mexico: What Actually Gets in the Way
New Mexico is one of the largest and least densely populated states, and most of its psychiatric capacity sits in one city.
Cash-Pay Psychiatry in New Mexico: When Paying Directly Is Actually Faster
In a state with a severe psychiatric provider shortage, having insurance and having access are not the same thing.
Emergency Mental Health Evaluation in New Mexico: A Guide for Families
When someone may be a danger to themselves or others, New Mexico law allows an emergency mental health evaluation without a court order.
Teens and Mental Health Consent in New Mexico: What Changes at 14
In New Mexico, a teenager 14 or older can consent to their own counseling and to psychotropic medication.
New Mexico’s Crisis Line and Public Behavioral Health Services: Where to Start
New Mexico runs its own 24/7 crisis line, a peer warmline, Medicaid through Turquoise Care, and new community behavioral health clinics.
After the Fire: Wildfire, Evacuation, and Mental Health in New Mexico
The Hermits Peak–Calf Canyon Fire in 2022 became the largest wildfire recorded in New Mexico, and the floods that followed extended the crisis.
Security Clearances and Mental Health Treatment: What Is Actually Asked
Fear of losing a clearance keeps many people in defence, laboratory, and military work from seeking psychiatric care.
Psychiatric care across New Mexico
Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, provides integrative telehealth psychiatry to patients anywhere in New Mexico. See care across New Mexico, or find your city: Albuquerque · Las Cruces · Rio Rancho · Santa Fe · Roswell · Farmington · Hobbs · Clovis.
Your healing begins with a conversation.
Start with a cash-pay telehealth consultation — no insurance, no prior authorizations, no waitlists.
Schedule Your ConsultationOr call (469) 726-3768