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Each year in America almost 30,000 people die by suicide, and 70% of those
people tell someone or give
warning signs. Make a difference in your community and, Stop a Suicide
Today!
National Depression Screening Day 2007…
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Helps educate the public about the signs of suicide and effective ways to
respond to someone at risk
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Provides mental health screenings and educational materials about common mental
health problems
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Provides materials for clinicians to assess suicidality and treat mental health
problems
This year, NDSD will feature new educational materials that will help
empower members of the public to recognize and respond to the warning signs of
suicide in a friend or a loved one. The STOP A SUICIDE TODAY! campaign
highlights the importance of identifying and treating depression and other
mental illnesses before a situation becomes urgent.
Learn how to Help a
Friend Now!
National Depression Screening Day® (NDSD) began seventeen years ago
as the first nationwide, community-based mental health screening program. Today
it is the largest provider of mental health screening services in the country
through its partnership with thousands of community-based, college and primary
care screening sites. NDSD offers both in-person and online screening for four
of the most common and frequently co-occurring mental disorders: depression,
bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress
disorder.
If you would like more information about NDSD, call 781.239.0071 or email us at
NDSD@MentalHealthScreening.org
SMH would like to thank the 2007 NDSD funding sponsors whose generosity made
the program possible:
Eli Lilly and Company
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
National Association of Psychiatric
Health Systems
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