At Texas Children’s Hospital, we’re proud to partner with you to make daily life a little bit easier. We’ve assembled a variety of resources intended to help you understand and address common childhood challenges and better access support and services in our local community.
Suicide resources
When immediate action is needed: If you or your child is thinking about harming themselves or someone else attempting suicide, tell someone who can help right away:
Call 911 for emergency services
Go to the nearest hospital emergency room
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline - text/chat or call 988 - Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish
Ask a family member or friend to help you make these calls or take you to the hospital
Conditions
An adjustment disorder is an unhealthy emotional or behavioral reaction to a stressful event or change in a child’s or teen’s life.
Depression is a mood disorder exhibited by children who feel uninterested in activities they used to enjoy or who feel constant sadness and hopelessness.
Generalized anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that causes excessive and uncontrollable worries that may be unrealistic or out of proportion to the actual situation.
Nightmares are scary dreams that awaken children and make them afraid to go back to sleep. A night terror is a partial waking from sleep with behaviors such as sleepwalking, screaming, kicking or panicking.
PTSD is a mental health condition that can develop after a child or teen goes through or witnesses a traumatic event, such as physical abuse or natural disasters.
A range of emotional symptoms can develop in children and teens who have chronic health conditions, such as diabetes or cancer, as a response to the stress of living with the illness.
Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder in which children and teens are unable to speak in certain social situations, even if they can speak in more comfortable settings.
Separation anxiety disorder is repeated, extreme anxiety that happens when a child or teen is expecting or experiencing separation from home, parents or other loved ones.
