District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health

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behavioral health authority government agency public health agency

The District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health is the city’s public agency responsible for overseeing and providing mental health and substance use disorder services for residents of Washington, D.C.

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Surface form	Occurrences
District of Columbia mental health system	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	behavioral health authority ⓘ government agency ⓘ public health agency ⓘ
appliesToPopulation	residents of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	addiction services ⓘ behavioral health ⓘ community mental health ⓘ mental health ⓘ public health ⓘ substance use disorder treatment ⓘ
hasFocus	improving access to behavioral health care in Washington, D.C. ⓘ reducing the impact of mental illness in Washington, D.C. ⓘ reducing the impact of substance use disorders in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	District of Columbia ⓘ
legalForm	district government agency ⓘ
operatesIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of the District of Columbia ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia government
partOf	District of Columbia health and human services system ⓘ
responsibleFor	administering behavioral health programs funded by the District of Columbia ⓘ coordinating behavioral health care for District residents ⓘ developing behavioral health policy for Washington, D.C. ⓘ licensing and monitoring behavioral health providers in Washington, D.C. ⓘ overseeing public mental health services in Washington, D.C. ⓘ overseeing public substance use disorder services in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
serviceProvided	adult behavioral health services ⓘ children and youth behavioral health services ⓘ community-based behavioral health services ⓘ crisis intervention services ⓘ emergency psychiatric services ⓘ inpatient behavioral health services ⓘ mental health services ⓘ outpatient behavioral health services ⓘ prevention and early intervention programs ⓘ substance use disorder services ⓘ treatment and recovery support services ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ
website	https://dbh.dc.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of the District of Columbia → hasAgency → District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health ⓘ

St. Elizabeths Hospital (administrative oversight) → relatedTo → District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia mental health system