Welcome to the Ohio Department of Mental Health

Consumers & Families Providers, Boards & Hospitals Information Seekers Partners

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Consumers & Families

Our goal is to ensure that quality mental health care is available to Ohioans of all cultures and through all stages of life. Treatment works. Recovery is achievable. This section will lead you to initiatives that may help you or someone you care about.

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Providers, Boards & Hospitals

Collaboration with community mental health boards and provider organizations is the key to maintaining quality inpatient/outpatient services. This section describes how we fund, monitor, certify and license local entities and provide care in our state hospitals.

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Information Seekers

Each year, Ohio's community mental health systems provide services to about 300,000 people. We are committed to facilitating research and clinical practices that promote recovery. This section leads to data, initiatives and outcomes.

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Partners

Our linkages with consumer groups, the criminal justice system, policy-makers, educators and other state agencies can identify opportunities and challenges that we can tackle together. This section connects you to resources to learn more.

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Featured News

State to build psychiatric hospital in Cleveland's Midtown
The Ohio Department of Mental Health, in collaboration with the City of Cleveland, has identified a site for its new regional psychiatric hospital on the Midtown Health Line in the vicinity of Euclid Avenue and East 59th Street. Read the full news release...

Annual Forensic Conference will not be held in 2009
A Forensic Conference that had been sponsored annually by ODMH's Office of Forensic Services will not be scheduled this year. More...

Executive team at Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital named
NOPH, formerly the Toledo Campus of ODMH's Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare three-hospital group, is now officially a stand-alone regional psychiatric hospital.  More...

Links available to resources on H1N1 virus and pandemic flu
A National Public Health Emergency was issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on April 26 after cases of the H1N1 virus were identified. Visit our Emergency Preparedness section for links to several online resources.

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Where to get help

Click on a city or enter your zip code to find mental health providers near you.

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ODMH toll-free bridge for consumers and families
1-877-275-6364 | 1-888-636-4889 TTY
All other callers, please dial
1-614-466-2596 | 1-614-752-9696 TTY

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK

Mission Statement

Our mission is the promotion and establishment of mental health as a cornerstone of health and wellness for individuals, families and communities throughout Ohio. More...

Warehouse and Pharmacy

The Office of Support Services (OSS) of the Ohio Department of Mental Health provides certain warehouse and pharmacy goods and services to other state, county and municipal agencies. More...

Link to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act information on the State of Ohio Web site.

Ohio.gov | Recovery is an interactive State of Ohio Web portal for entities to submit expressions of interest in federal stimulus dollars and to view general information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.