Category: Depression Foundation
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Mental Illness Doesn’t Predict Suicide; Hopelessness Does.
Disclaimer: Content is created by iFred’s team of editors. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a commission. The death of Bed Bath & Beyond’s CFO,Gustavo Arnal, hits far too close to home for me. He was a father of two girls, a financial executive, and a husband. No matter what…
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Earn Your Hope Badge and Become a trained Hope listener on 7 Cups
Hope Badge is now available through 7 cups, in order to train people around the world on how to create a hopeful mindset. As hopelessness is the number one symptom of depression, and correlated to suicide, ifred teamed with 7 cups to Deliver the hopeful minds curriculum by teaching the opposite: hope iFred, the International…
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Global Hope Challenge Date Change
Hi all! We are so excited about all the entries, and want to apologize for those that have had issues with the technology. We just want to clarify a few things for the challenge: You can post a video or a text entry. If you do a video, you need to upload to one of…
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Eoin
What Brings Me HOPE: I find hope through being part of something bigger than myself. I found this site through a very unusual “text adventure” called Depression Quest. I’ve suffered through the effects of depression through most of my young adult life and only recently (rounding on 40 years) have I started to feel like…
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Sharing Hope with Others this Holiday Season
#GivingTuesday, a global event held each year, inspires us to give back to others and provides a day to show support for the causes that are dear to our hearts. To share our own appreciation, iFred decided to try something new and created a way to “crowd fund” our crowd funding campaign. We have included…
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Bridging the Mental Health Treatment Gap Must Be a Global Priority
Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) organizes the mhGAP Forum as part of its annual partnership event on mental health. The mhGAP Forum is an informal group of Member States, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, including UN agencies, international development agencies, philanthropic foundations, research institutes, universities and WHO collaborating centres, for coordinated action…
