Special Initiatives

Combating Mental Health Stigma

Stigma Roundtables

The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) in partnership with Behavioral Health News (BHN) organized four roundtable discussions in 2023 as part of a larger strategic plan to reduce the stigma of mental illness. The roundtable panels consisted of experts working in community-based agencies, most also with lived experience of a mental health condition and one roundtable consisted of representatives from the media. The audience was broad and consisted of persons with lived experience and families, Peer Specialists and community advocates, staff working in behavioral health community-based and government agencies, and clinicians, including social workers, psychologists, and physicians. To learn more and access the recordings of the roundtables, visit the links below on the Behavioral Health News website:

Insights from the Stigma Roundtables

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