Integrating Care for Medical and Mental Illnesses

Since 2002, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has conducted an annual Community Health Survey (CHS) through which a random-digit–dialed sample of approximately 10,000 adults in 34 New York City neighborhoods are interviewed by telephone. We ask respondents about their health, mental health, behavioral risks (e.g., smoking, diet, exercise), and functioning. Each year the information we gather demonstrates, to paraphrase former Surgeon General David Satcher, that there is no health without mental health.