About Us

MentalHealth.gov provides one-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information. MentalHealth.gov aims to educate and guide:

• The general public
• Health and emergency preparedness professionals
• Policy makers
• Government and business leaders
• School systems
• Local communities

Content for this website is provided by:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• FindYouthInfo.gov
• MedlinePlus and National Institutes of Health
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

National Dialogue on Mental Health

The President’s plan to protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence directs the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education to launch a national dialogue on mental health with young people who have experienced mental health problems, members of the faith community, foundations, and school and business leaders. The national dialogue, which MentalHealth.gov is a part of, will take place through:

1. Community conversations. Several geographically/demographically diverse cities will host structured conversations facilitated by deliberative democracy groups that will result in community specific action plans. Other communities may choose to use SAMHSA’s Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health to help host their own conversations.
2. Public/private partnership commitments. Outside groups such as national associations of schools, colleges and universities, faith based groups, medical providers, and others are being asked to commit to including some form of mental health awareness or discussion in their upcoming activities. The idea is that this form of conversation will reach communities that aren’t limited to geographic designations, but are communities of likeminded citizens (i.e. teachers, churchgoers etc) across the country. When layered on top of the cities hosting the facilitated conversations, the dialogue begins to have a nationwide reach. 
3. Social and online media. HHS will launch MentalHealth.gov as an online resource for people looking for information about signs of mental health problems, how individuals can seek help, and how communities can host conversations on mental health. The website will include videos of people who share their stories about mental health problems and recovery.

Contact Us

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Please send written correspondence to:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201

Sharing Information

Unless otherwise noted, text, documents, and images on the MentalHealth.gov website are in the public domain and may be copied and distributed. Please credit MentalHealth.gov as the source of the material.

Some checklists and planning materials are available in PDF format so you can easily make copies. Please note, if you adapt or modify the materials in anyway, all MentalHealth.gov citations and logos must be removed. If copyrighted content, documents, images, or other materials appear on MentalHealth.gov, it will be noted, and you must contact the copyright holder before you can reproduce that material.

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