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You can go to any emergency room. Every county in Texas has a 24/7 mental health crisis hotline. Hotlines for Travis and surrounding counties are:
Travis County: 512-472-4357 (Integral Care)
Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Williamson Counties: 1-800-841-1255 (Bluebonnet Trail Community Services)
Hays County: 1-877-466-0660 (Hill Country MHDD Centers)
For any other county in Texas, you can find the mental health crisis hotlines here: https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/mental-health-substance-use/mental-health-crisis-services
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (available 24/7): 1-800-273-8255
Para llamadas en Espanol:
1-888-628-9454
National Crisis Text Line:
Text NAMI to 741741
You may also visit any psychiatric facility for an evaluation, regardless of whether you have insurance or not. Some facilities can help you apply for programs that will help pay the costs of your stay. Some of the inpatient psychiatric facilities in the Austin area are:
Rock Springs in Georgetown
Austin Oaks (takes minors)
Austin Lakes
Shoal Creek
Georgetown Behavioral (takes minors)
Dell Children"s (minors only)
Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) in Austin is a walk-in psychiatric emergency service clinic for Travis County staffed by licensed clinicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and qualified mental health professionals. PES provides psychiatric assessment, crisis intervention, linkage with resources, and physician services to children/youth and adults experiencing psychiatric distress. They are located at:
Richard E. Hopkins Behavioral Health Building
1165 Airport Blvd., Second Floor, Austin, TX 78702
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am to 10pm,
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays, 10am to 8pm
You can call the local police, particularly if you or a loved one are an imminent threat to your safety or their own. This is also an option if you cannot transport yourself or your loved one to an ER or psychiatric facility.
What is a mental health crisis? Some examples of potential issues that might be described as a mental health crisis are as follows:
Please note this list is not exhaustive of possible scenarios. If you feel you or a loved one are having a mental health crisis and need help, please seek help, regardless of whether you meet any of these conditions.
You or a loved one have attempted suicide in the last 72 hours.
You or a loved one are having suicidal thoughts, have a method, plan, and/or intent and you are afraid you or they will act on them.
You are worried you or a loved one might hurt someone else or are behaving in a way that is potentially dangerous to you or others.
You or a loved one are experiencing a severe manic episode.
Psychosis (hearing things other people don't hear, seeing things that may not be there, experiencing delusional thinking that other people say is not consistent with reality, or severe paranoia).
You or a loved one are having withdrawal symptoms from suddenly stopping alcohol, benzodiazepines, or opiates. You may need to participate in a medically supervised detox program, as it can be dangerous (or lethal) to suddenly stop heavy alcohol or benzodiazepine use, and very uncomfortable to suddenly stop using opiates.
You or a loved one are self-harming.
You or a loved one are unable to complete basic activities of daily living, such as eating, sleeping, showering, caring for self or children, etc due to poor mental health.
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