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Announcements
Guest speaker on DBT, Wednesday, October 16, 2019.
We are pleased to announce that Ellen Casale, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Contemporary Care in Danbury, Connecticut, will be our guest speaker at the meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Ms. Casale will speak about Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a form of therapy for those with depression or bipolar disorder that...
Free external webinar on Teen Anxiety (9/25/2019).
Families for Depression Awareness is offering a free webinar titled “Recognizing and Managing Teen Anxiety“. The webinar is for parents, guardians, youth workers, and caring adults interested in teen mental health. September 25, 2019 at 7:00 PM ET/ 4:00 PM PT For more information or to register, follow this link. This announcement is for...
Guest speaker on TMS, Wednesday, September 11, 2019.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Tarique Perera will be our guest speaker at our meeting on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. Dr. Perera will speak about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a noninvasive form of brain stimulation in which a magnetic field is used to induce small electric currents in a specific region of...
Share Your Perspective with a Clinical Trial Designer.
The following announcement is from the national DBSA office. If you are interested in providing feedback on a clinical trial design for treating Major Depressive Disorder with esketamine, follow the “sign up here” link in DBSA’s announcement. This post is purely informational – please use your own judgment in deciding whether to participate. Have...
Free external webinar on coping with stress and depression in the workplace.
Families for Depression Awareness is offering the second webinar in their “Coping with Stress and Depression in the Workplace” series. You can watch their free webinar “How Workplaces Can Support Mental Wellness and Prevent Suicides” on demand at your convenience. For more information or to register, follow this link. This announcement is for informational purposes...
DBSA requests stories about access to mental health care.
We are posting the announcement below from the national DBSA office regarding Mental Health Parity, the concept that insurers must cover mental health services and medications at the same rate as comparable medical services and medications. DBSA is asking for people to share their stories about experiences with access to mental health care, to...