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If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, seek help immediately.
Call 988
Dial 988 and say you have a mental health crisis. Explain the situation clearly so the appropriate mental health crisis intervention services can be dispatched. Be prepared to provide specific details. Click here to learn more about how the police can help.
Call or Text a Crisis Line
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988 | LEARN MORE
Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis
988 | APRENDE MÁS
Veterans Crisis Line
988 then Press 1 | LEARN MORE
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 74141 | LEARN MORE
Suicide & Crisis Center of North Texas
214-828-1000 | LEARN MORE
The Trevor Lifeline
1.866.488.7386 | LEARN MORE
Trans Lifeline
1.877.565.8860 | LEARN MORE
Call a Mobile Crisis Unit
North Texas Mobile Crisis Hotline
866-260-8000 | LEARN MORE
Collin County | Lifepath Systems Mobile Crisis Outreach Team
877-422-5939 | LEARN MORE
Denton County | Mobile Crisis Outreach Team
800-762-0157 | LEARN MORE
Tarrant County | ICARE Call Center/Support Line
800-866-2465 | LEARN MORE
Call or Text a Crisis Line
A crisis line offers a free, confidential phone or text messaging connection to a trained crisis counselor who can assess the caller’s level of danger to self or others and determine whether the situation calls for immediate on-the-scene help. If needed, a mental health professional (not a police officer) will come out to help with the situation, deescalate the crisis, and offer treatment recommendations to the person in crisis. Crisis lines are usually available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
If immediate help is not needed, the crisis line counselor will stay on the line as long as necessary to provide emotional support and discuss potential plans of action to resolve the crisis. Crisis line counselors often help a caller come up with a plan for support and safety, and get connected to appropriate resources for follow-up counseling and emergency assistance, if needed.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24/7.
Trained counselors are committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness.
La Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis ofrece servicios gratuitos en español, 24 horas al día, los 7 días de la semana.
Crisis Text Line is a free, 24/7 texting service for those in crisis. Every texter is connected with a crisis counselor, a real-life human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem-solving. The text line is available from anywhere in the U.S.
Text HOME to 74141 | LEARN MORE
Suicide & Crisis Center of North Texas
The crisis line is staffed by trained, caring volunteers who are available to talk and listen. Our services are free and confidential.
Veterans Crisis Line is a free, confidential resource that’s available to anyone, even if you’re not registered with Veterans Affairs or enrolled in VA health care. If you’re a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one, there are caring, qualified VA responders standing by to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
988 then Press 1 | LEARN MORE
The Trevor Lifeline is an initiative of The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth. Trained counselors are available 24/7/365.
If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the Trevor Lifeline.
Trans Lifeline is a peer support hotline run by trans people, for trans and questioning callers. Their operators are located all over the U.S. and Canada, and are all trans-identified. If you are in crisis or just need someone to talk to, even if it’s just about whether or not you’re trans, call the Trans Lifeline.
Call a Mobile Crisis Unit
Mobile crisis units provide on-site response to mental health emergency situations. Crisis services are available 24/7 and include prompt face-to-face crisis assessment, crisis intervention services, crisis follow-up and relapse prevention services.
Available 24/7, a mobile crisis unit is dispatched within one to two hours to the caller's location, or sooner if a high level of danger to self or others is detected. Upon arrival, the mobile crisis team—usually comprised of clinical professionals or trained para-professionals—evaluates the situation and conducts a clinical assessment of the person in crisis. The purpose of the clinical assessment is to determine an individual’s risk of harm to themself or to others, and to determine the least restrictive treatment setting in which an individual can safely receive mental health services.
Often, the individual receives brief on-site counseling and assessment and is transported or connected to appropriate local resources.
North Texas Mobile Crisis Hotline
The North Texas Behavioral Health authority oversees the mental health mobile crisis services for the following counties: Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, and Rockwall.
Collin County | Lifepath Systems Mobile Crisis Outreach Team
The Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) consists of 12 behavioral health specialists available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They are clinically staffed mobile treatment teams that provide prompt face-to-face crisis assessment, crisis intervention, crisis follow-up, and relapse prevention for up to 90 days for individuals in the community.
Don’t see your county listed? To find the mobile crisis number for your county, please visit the Texas Health and Human Services website.
Other Important Helplines
National Domestic Violence Hotline | TheHotline.org
This organization provides information about domestic violence, how to stay safe, and how to get help.
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) | LEARN MORE
National Sexual Assault Hotline | RAINN.org
Individuals who’ve experienced rape, assault, child sexual abuse or any other type of sexual violence can find support through RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), including through their National Sexual Assault Hotline which is available 24/7.
1-800-656-HOPE (4673) | LEARN MORE | ONLINE CHAT | EN ESPAÑOL