Category: Movement for Global Mental Health
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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…
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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…
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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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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,…
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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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INSPIRING HOPE: Demi Lovato Inspires People to Be Vocal
Singer/songwriter Demi Lovato has been an outspoken advocate for mental health since being diagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder. “Getting a diagnosis was kind of a relief. It helped me start to make sense of the harmful things I was doing to cope with what I was experiencing,” Demi said. And now, the young star…
