Resources

Whether you're in crisis right now or looking for ways to keep growing between sessions, these resources are here to support you.

  • If you or someone you know is in danger, the resources below are available right now.

    • Emergency: Call 911. For immediate danger to yourself or others, or a psychiatric emergency requiring police or EMS.

    • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988. Free, confidential, 24/7 support for suicidal thoughts, substance use crises, emotional distress, or a mental health crisis.

    • Tropical Texas Behavioral Health Crisis Hotline: 1-877-289-7199. 24-hour local crisis intervention and mobile crisis screening for Hidalgo and Cameron counties.

    You can also go to your nearest hospital emergency room for immediate psychiatric evaluation.

    Reach out right away if someone is:

    • Expressing suicidal thoughts or intent

    • Threatening to harm others

    • Experiencing hallucinations or severe psychosis

    • Unable to care for themselves due to a mental health crisis

    • Experiencing an overdose or severe substance-related emergency

    • Behaving in a way that places themselves or others at immediate risk

    • Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (Edinburg): (956) 289-7000, 1901 S. 24th Ave., Edinburg, TX 78539. Walk-in mental health, psychiatric, and outpatient services.

    • DHR Health Behavioral Hospital: (956) 362-4357. 24-hour inpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment.

    • South Texas Health System Behavioral: (956) 388-1300. Inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services.

    • Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office (Non-Emergency): (956) 383-8114. For welfare checks or safety concerns that aren't an active emergency.

    • NAMI HelpLine: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264). Mental health education, support, and referrals.

    • SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Confidential treatment referrals for mental health and substance use concerns.

  • For ADHD

    • Raising an Organized Child, by Damon Korb, MD, FAAP — practical strategies for helping children build organization and executive functioning skills at home.

    • ADHD 2.0, by Edward M. Hallowell, MD, and John J. Ratey, MD — an updated look at ADHD across the lifespan, with guidance on diagnosis, treatment, and helping ADHD minds thrive.

    For anxiety

    • How to Be Yourself, by Ellen Hendriksen, PhD — a guide to understanding and easing social anxiety, with practical tools for building confidence in everyday interactions.

    • Family Therapy Express, with Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT, and Ronda Evans, LMFT — conversations on attachment-based family therapy and building resilient, connected families.

    • Unlocking Us, with Brené Brown — conversations on courage, vulnerability, and connection, exploring what it means to be human.

    • Where Should We Begin?, with Esther Perel — real, anonymous couples' therapy sessions exploring relationships, intimacy, and communication.