What We Do
The Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) engages in a variety of activities aimed at establishing mental health as a cornerstone of health in Ohio and ensuring that quality mental health care is available to all Ohioans at all stages of life. Our responsibilities can be divided into four major functions:
- Treatment in state hospitals to people with mental illness, including those who are involved with the criminal justice system
- Training, technical assistance and resource linkages focused on:
- Prevention
- Promoting mental health, clinical best practices and community-based supports
- Planning and implementing capital projects
- Ensuring compliance with federal and state requirements
- Certain goods and services, including warehouse and pharmacy, to ODMH facilities as well as other state agencies and organizations
- Includes grocery products, paper products, forms, drugs, etc.
- Protect the rights of people receiving mental health services
- Monitor the quality and effectiveness of mental health services provided in community and inpatient settings
- Monitor funding allocations and grants
- Distribute funds and operate a community mental health information system to support the delivery and monitoring of community mental health services
- The rights of people receiving mental health services
- Research
- Prevention
- Emergency preparedness
- Mental health in general
- Clinical best practices
- Community supports
- Statewide system infrastructure improvements for mental health services and supports
- Capital projects
- Research