Category: Health

  • Join the Global Coalition on Youth Mental Health for a Spring Webinar

    Join the Global Coalition on Youth Mental Health for a Spring Webinar

          In 2018, I had the pleasure of being a Founding Member of the Global Coalition on Youth Mental Health to address the growing prevalence of anxiety and depression in youth. In honor of Global Teen Health Week, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 11:30 am (ET), I am participating in a 60-minute webinar to speak of the global…

  • iFred Hosts “The Future Of Health” on March 18th

    iFred Hosts “The Future Of Health” on March 18th

      IFRED HOSTS THE ‘FUTURE OF HEALTH’ ON MARCH 18TH, A FREE ONLINE DAY OF CALLS TO ACTION FROM LEADING EXPERTS IN MENTAL HEALTH, FOR FIRST EVER WORLD HAPPINESS AGORA THERE IS NO HEALTH WITHOUT MENTAL HEALTH   Boston, US (March 13, 2019) – The International Foundation of Research and Education (iFred) and Founder Kathryn…

  • Global Hope Challenge Date Change

    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…

  • iFred Launches Hopeful Minds Program Globally to Address Anxiety, Depression, and Self Harm with Youth

    iFred Launches Hopeful Minds Program Globally to Address Anxiety, Depression, and Self Harm with Youth

    iFred updates ‘Schools for Hope’ program with a rebrand to Hopeful Minds, with a new advisory team and additional lessons to address failure and rumination in young students. The program is free and available online, and initial research by iFred in the USA has illustrated that ‘The Hope Curriculum’ may be an effective means of…

  • iFred launches Global Hope Challenge on World Mental Health Day to inspire #OneThing for #Hope

    iFred launches Global Hope Challenge on World Mental Health Day to inspire #OneThing for #Hope

    Global Hope Challenge offers cash prizes up to $1,000 USD to encourage individuals around the world to share strategies for combating hopelessness, anxiety, and depression “Two things we know are critical to creating and sustaining a hopeful mindset: Finding one thing a person can turn to when times are tough, such as music, meditation, nature,…

  • Heroes for Hope: Hope For The Warriors

    Heroes for Hope: Hope For The Warriors

    This Veteran’s Day we’re kicking off a new series called “Heroes for Hope” where we’ll profile incredible people and organizations helping shine a light of hope for the more than 350 million people around the world living with depression. According to a study reported by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) that compared the medical…