Connecting stakeholders to the data and insights needed to strengthen behavioral health outcomes across our community.
Denton County Community Health Assessment
Denton County Community Health Assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of community health trends, social determinants of health, health outcomes, access to care, and health disparities to identify priority issues including mental health, healthy lifestyles, affordable housing, substance use disorder, and equitable access to healthcare.
Texas Health Resources Community Health Needs Assessment (Denton County)
Evaluates the health status, needs, disparities, and access-to-care challenges of a community by analyzing health data, social determinants of health, community resources, and resident perspectives to identify priority areas for improvement.
Baylor Scott & White Community Health Assessment
Dataset provides key indicators of behavioral health and substance use challenges, including rates of binge drinking, depression, drug overdose deaths, self-reported poor mental health, and shortages of mental health care providers.
Denton County MHMR Needs Assessment
Input from community members, clients, staff, and community partners regarding behavioral health, substance use, physical health, housing, transportation, employment, childcare, and other social determinants of health. This needs assessment is designed to identify service gaps, barriers to care, priority community needs, and opportunities to improve access to integrated behavioral health services across Denton County.
Texas 211 Counts
Tracks the number and percentage of mental health and addiction-related service requests by ZIP code, including substance use, marriage and family support, crisis intervention and suicide prevention, mental health services and facilities, and other behavioral health needs.
Texas Department of State Health Services
County-level availability of key mental health professionals from 2015-2025, including behavioral analysts, social workers, counselors, psychologists, school psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and psychiatrists, measured as the ratio of providers per 100,000 residents, with additional mental health indicators available at the state level.
County Health Rankings
A composite measure of community mental health that considers self-reported poor mental health days, access to mental health providers, rates of frequent mental distress, and suicide mortality.
Mental Health America
Provides county-level estimates of behavioral health risks and experiences, including severe depression, PTSD, trauma exposure, suicidal ideation, and psychotic-like experiences, reported as the number of affected individuals per 100,000 county residents. In additional, publishes state rankings.
Denton County Behavioral Health Leadership Team
The Denton County Behavioral Health Leadership Team strives for adequate mental and behavioral health care for everyone. One in five Denton County residents experience a mental health crisis each year.