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 Texas.
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.
Crisis lines, Texas’s public mental health services, support for military families, and plain-language guides for patients and families anywhere in the state. If someone is in danger right now, start with the first section.
Your county’s crisis line and public services
Texas organizes community mental health care through local mental health and behavioral health authorities. Each lists a crisis phone number, so the fastest local help depends on the county the person is in.
Find your local mental health or behavioral health authority
Texas HHS works with 37 local mental health authorities and 2 local behavioral health authorities. Search by county for your area’s crisis number.
Texas HHS mental health crisis services
How crisis services work in Texas, including face-to-face crisis assessment and mobile crisis outreach.
2-1-1 Texas
Dial 2-1-1 or (877) 541-7905
Run by Texas HHS. Connects people to community services, including mental health care, food, and housing.
Military and veteran families
Texas is home to Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, and Joint Base San Antonio.
Military OneSource
800-342-9647, 24/7
Free, confidential, short-term non-medical counseling for eligible service members and their families. It does not diagnose or treat diagnosed mental health conditions.
Military families and mental health in Texas
How military counseling, crisis lines, and civilian psychiatric care fit together — and how to plan for a move.
Support and checking credentials
NAMI Texas
The Texas organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness — education and support for people living with mental illness and their families.
Texas Board of Nursing license verification
Look up the license of a registered nurse or advanced practice registered nurse, including psychiatric nurse practitioners, practicing in Texas.
Guides for Texas patients and families
Emergency Detention in Texas: What Families Should Know
When someone you love is in a mental health crisis, Texas law allows a short emergency detention.
Can a Texas Teenager Get Mental Health Care Without a Parent?
Texas law lets minors consent to some counseling on their own — for suicide prevention, substance use, and abuse — but not to most psychiatric care.
Texas’s Public Mental Health System: How Local Mental Health Authorities Work
Texas organizes community mental health care through local mental health and behavioral health authorities, each with a crisis line.
Mental Health Care for Military Families in Texas
Texas is home to Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, and Joint Base San Antonio.
When the Power Goes Out: Storms, Outages, and Mental Health in Texas
Texans have lived through Hurricane Harvey and the February 2021 winter storm.
Rotating Shifts, Sleep, and Mental Health: A Guide for Texas Shift Workers
Refinery operators on the Gulf Coast, oilfield crews in the Permian Basin, nurses in Houston and Dallas hospitals: Texas runs on shift work.
Can You Get Psychiatric Medication Online in Texas?
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Telehealth Medication Management in Texas
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Teen & Adolescent Psychiatry in Texas
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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 Texas
Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, provides integrative telehealth psychiatry to patients anywhere in Texas. See care across Texas, or find your city: Fort Worth · Dallas · Plano · Houston · San Antonio · Austin · El Paso · Lubbock.
Your healing begins with a conversation.
Start with a cash-pay telehealth consultation — no insurance, no prior authorizations, no waitlists.
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