• For information on receiving services in the New Jersey public mental health system
• If you are in crisis, call a local screening center 
• Disaster Mental Health becomes crucial in times of crisis, both for citizens and for first responders. For information about disaster mental health services, go to our Disaster & Terrorism Branch website.
• For information about local mental health services contact your County Mental Health Administrator 
• Other helpful phone numbers and resources for Getting Help.
• Information for Antipsychotic Medication Users (versions available in English and Spanish)

• Operates five State Psychiatric Hospitals 
• Monitors and helps fund psychiatric services provided by a number of County Hospitals 
• Contracts with more than 120 agencies for a wide range of community mental health services that assist mental health consumers living in the community

Each year, DMHS serves over 6,500 people who, for some period of time, require intensive inpatient treatment in state psychiatric hospitals and over 270,000 people who are able to live more independently and use services in their own communities.

A major priority of DMHS - under the mandates of the Americans with Disabilities Act as interpreted by the Olmstead decision in 1999 - is to develop opportunities for community reintegration and tenure as required. DMHS is committed to helping the people it serves find the treatment and support services they need in the least restrictive setting possible. The Division works closely with other state agencies, consumers, family members, providers and mental health advocates whenever possible and always strives to promote opportunities for mental health consumers to live, work, socialize and learn as fully as possible in their own communities.

Another major initiative of DMHS is Wellness and Recovery, to promote both physical and mental health for the people it serves.

For directions to the New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services click here