More than 40% of the state’s population is Hispanic, but its mental health provider population is more than 80% white.

FROM: The Texas Tribune

A new 20,000-square-foot center conducts research and provides education and training for providers.

FROM: Be Well, Texas

The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at Austin's St. David’s Medical Center was the first hospital in the U.S. to pioneer a life-saving treatment system for those affected by heart arrhythmia after it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FROM: Community Impact

Commissioners got an update on how the project is coming along on Tuesday afternoon. Here's what's been done so far.

FROM: KVUE

Lone Star Circle of Care’s mobile mammogram unit, the Big Pink Bus, recently moved into a new bus to continue to provide free or low-cost mammograms for preventative breast health care.

FROM: Community Impact

Trauma-informed care goes beyond acknowledging the need for mental health resources

FROM: KSAT

Founded and led by Loree Tamayo, Yesterday’s Gone serves and provides transitional housing for women rebuilding their lives after trauma and abuse.

FROM: Community Impact

Program has presentations on online gaming, online grooming, social media, sleep hygiene

FROM: KSAT

Texans overcoming tobacco addiction can now access more cessation tools through the Texas Department of State Health Services’ Texas Tobacco Quitline.

FROM: Texas Health & Human Services

Georgetown's number of mental health 911 calls has grown so large that the police have created a new team to address the issue. The unit is called the Crisis Intervention Team.

FROM: Texas Behavioral Health & Justice Technical Assistance Center

Last September, city council set aside more than $7 million in funding to expand services city-wide. That expansion started in January.

FROM: KENS5

Illumma Ketamine Clinic in Austin Texas is offering ketamine assisted therapy, which blends conventional talk therapy with ketamine therapy.

FROM: KXAN

The nonprofit has been offering free services to victims of violence in the community since the Summer of 2023

FROM: KSAT

The Department of Human Services’ San Antonio Youth Commission and the Metropolitan Health District’s Project Worth Teen Ambassadors have opened the third annual teen mental health survey.

FROM: KSAT

A regional nonprofit will manage Comal County’s planned $8.75 million mental health facility, the county commission decided on Thursday.

FROM: New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

Next month, mentally ill individuals accused of committing minor crimes will be “diverted” to a new 25-bed facility instead of jail cells in Travis County.

FROM: The Texas Tribune

APD and City of San Antonio officials say they have been discussing adding “mental health” to the traditional police, fire, and emergency medical services options 911 callers get.

FROM: KSAT

The Jarrell Community Library offers many different types of support to people, including mental health, learning, and domestic violence programs.

FROM: OCLC.org

A group of Round Rock high schoolers launched a nonprofit to aid students experiencing homelessness, the organization has expanded its reach to help aid families struggling with food and housing security districtwide.

FROM: KXAN

Texas colleges and universities are struggling to keep up with the demand for mental health services amid a statewide shortage of care providers.

FROM: Texas Community Health News