Mental health is not the absence of mental illness, rather the presence of well-being, and the ability to cope with life’s stresses. --

The Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health is committed to improving mental health outcomes for all New Yorkers and ensuring that more people can get the mental health support they need to live healthy and content lives.

OCMH’s work addresses the full mental health continuum in tackling community mental health including:

- Maintaining mental health and wellbeing - Strengthening coping strategies and enhancing resilience - Increasing access to mental health treatments - Preventing and stabilizing crisis The outcomes of our work in correcting deep-seated systems-level challenges in mental healthcare is instrumental to improving mental health outcomes for all New Yorkers.

OCMH’s priorities complement and build on The City’s Mental Health Plan: Care, Community, Action:

- Improving Access to Mental Health Care and Equitable Distribution of Resources - Partnering with Communities to Elevate Mental Health Promotion and Community Resilience - Developing a Coordinated Mental Health Crisis Response System - Building and Supporting the Mental Health Workforce in NYC