Resources

If You Need Help Now

If you feel suicidal or you need to help someone else who does, put down this toolkit and call for help immediately.

On the Phone

Call 1 (800) 273-TALK (8255) to be connected to a suicide and crisis center in your area.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is the only national suicide prevention and intervention telephone resource funded by the Federal Government. Its mission is to provide immediate assistance to individuals in suicidal crisis by connecting them to the nearest available suicide prevention and mental health service provider through a 24-hour, toll-free telephone number-1-800-273-TALK (8255). http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

  • Call the local crisis center listed in the first few pages of your local phone directory.
  • Call 911 and ask for the mental health crisis team of your local law enforcement agency.
  • Call or go to the nearest hospital emergency room in your area.
  • Call one of the Texas crisis centers listed in the Appendices section of this toolkit.
  • Call your doctor or other health care provider for a referral to someone who provides suicide prevention and intervention services.

On the Web

http://www.txcouncil.com/crisis.html. The Texas Council of Community MHMR Centers has a list of Texas crisis lines supported by local mental health authorities on a county by county basis.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/mhservices/default.shtm - The Texas Department of State Health Services, Community Mental Health Services division maintains an easy to use listing of local mental health authorities and their 24/7 crisis lines. You are able to search by county, city or zip code to find the one nearest you.

http://www.befrienders.org - An international, multilingual, 24-hour confidential service operated by the Samaritans.

http://suicidehotlines.com/texas.html - A Web-based listing of Texas crisis hotlines with links to other resources.

You have made the right choice to look for help. We hope you will contact someoneright away.

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For more mental health information visit: www.mhatexas.org
Nationally, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to be connected to the nearest crisis center or go to the Texas Department of State Health Services online to find the nearest crisis center in your area or to the Texas Council of Community Mental Health Centers website to find the crisis number for your area, area, http://www.txcouncil.com/center_directory.aspx.

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Looking for hard data on suicide deaths in Texas?
You can follow these links from the Texas Department of State Health Services:

Go: dshs.state.tx.us/chs/datalist.shtm
then go to: CHS query system
then go to: Texas Health Data
which is: soupfin.tdh.state.tx.us/

then go to death
soupfin.tdh.state.tx.us/deathdoc.htm
then go to death tables 1999-2006 and check for suicide cause "intentional self-harm suicide"
soupfin.tdh.state.tx.us/death10.htm