The Depression Is Real Coalition is a group of physician, patient
and constituency groups that has come together to create an educational
campaign about depression. These groups are concerned about confusing
messages in popular culture suggesting that depression is "just
the blues" or worse, a "made-up disease." The goal of the Coalition
is to help people living with depression, their families, friends
and the general public to understand these essential facts about
depression.
- Depression is a serious and debilitating disease
that affects every aspect of a person's health. Depression affects
15 million Americans a year, as well as their family members,
friends, and co-workers.
- Depression has serious and potentially fatal consequences.
In fact, untreated depression kills thousands of Americans each
year through suicide and by intensifying the symptoms of life-threatening
illnesses like cancer and heart disease.
- There is hope for those living with depression
because proven therapies and effective medicines exist. People
can recover if they receive proper treatment.
The Depression Is Real Coalition's campaign will involve Public
Service Announcements and public education activities. This campaign
is made possible through the support of Wyeth.
If your organization has a Web site, please consider adding
a link to the Web site of the Depression Is Real Coalition.
You could add a link on your
home page or in your resources section.
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The American Psychiatric
Foundation is a philanthropic and educational arm of
the American Psychiatric Association. The mission of the
foundation is to advance understanding that mental illnesses
are real and can be effectively treated. |
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The Depression and Bipoloar
Support Alliance (DBSA) is the nation's leading patient-directed
organization focusing on depression and bipolar disorder.
The organization, which has more than 1,000 support groups
nationwide, fosters an understanding about the impact and
management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing
up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information.
Assisted by a 65-member scientific advisory board, comprised
of the leading researchers and clinicians in the field of
mood disorders, DBSA supports research to promote more timely
diagnosis, develop more effectiveand tolerable treatments
and discover a cure. More than 4 million receive information
and assistance each year. |
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Mental Health America
is the country's oldest and largest nonprofit organization
addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness.
With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, MHA works to improve
the mental health of all Americans through advocacy, education,
research and service. |
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NAMI (the National
Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots
mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives
of persons living with serious mental illness and their
families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation's
voice on mental illness. It is a national group that includes
NAMI organizations in every state and in over 1,100 local
communities across the country who join together to meet
the NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and
education. |
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The National Medical
Association is the nation's oldest and largest organization
representing the interest of more than 30,000 physicians
of African descent. |
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