TX HR893

Recognizes May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Texas and encourages all Texans to support mental health services, education, and outreach in their communities

Approximately one in five Americans lives with a mental illness, including more than 4.7 million adults in Texas, with over one million Texans unable to access needed care for serious mental illness

More than 177,000 calls were made to suicide and crisis line call centers in Texas in 2023, highlighting demand for crisis support services

Nearly half a million Texas adolescents experience a major depressive episode annually, with more than 300,000 having thoughts of suicide; about half of mental illness cases develop by age 14

Texas public schools average one school psychologist per 2,300 students, far below the recommended ratio of one per 500 students