Mental Health Help

Austin/Travis County Integral Care (formerly MHMR) - has an online encyclopedia of mental health information and details about the services they provide. Services include:

• Adult Behavioral Health Services - adult mental health services including substance abuse treatment, support groups, medical and pharmacy, psychiatric and counseling, residential and housing
• Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, and their Families
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services
• Consumer Benefits Office (for help applying for and monitoring Social Security Payments)
• Community VoiceMail
• Individuals seeking help or services should start by calling the 24/7 Crisis Hotline, 512-472-HELP (4357)

NAMI - National Alliance for Mental Health

• NAMI Austin Home Page - Below are some Programs offered by NAMI's Austin Affiliate
  • NAMI Austin offers regular Support Groups for people living with and recovering from mental illness
  • NAMI program Family-to-Family is a free, 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with severe mental illness.
  • In Our Own Voice – IOOV is an opportunity for those who have struggled with mental illness to gain confidence and to share their individual experiences of recovery and transformation. IOOV presentations are given to consumer groups, students, law enforcement officials, educators, providers, faith community members, politicians, professionals, inmates, and interested civic groups. All presentations are offered free of charge. Groups or organizations interested in seeing a presentation may request that one be given in their area through their state or local affiliate.
  • mental health services for medicaid, medicare and MAP recipients

Paladin Community Mental Health Center - psychiatric partial hospitalization program

SIMS Foundation - mental health for Austin musicians

Michael Nye's "Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness" and the Fine Line YouTube clip

Substance Abuse Help

• Austin Recovery Center - has detox and residential treatment programs for men and women.
• Texas Star Recovery Program - offers inpatient and outpatient treatment programs and accepts Medicare.
• Hill Country Intergroup - lists Austin area A.A. meetings by region or zip code, click here for a map of the A.A. group closest to Spring Terrace
• An online copy of the latest Big Book - the A.A. book, with personal stories and detail about the 12 steps. Read for free and at your leisure.
• Cenikor - offers long-term residential treatment in North and South Texas
• Sober.com - a supportive recovery community and directory of recovery centers