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Health and Hope Can Prevent Suicide

September 22, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

#stopsuicide #globalcrisis #hope #suicideprevention Every 40 seconds, an individual life is lost to suicide. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it a #globalcrisis and estimates that the global suicide figureContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Events, Health, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Research, Suicide Prevention, Youth Tagged With: depression, depression advocacy, end stigma, finding hope, global mental health, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, suicide prevention, teach hope, world health organization

Take Global Action Today for World Suicide Prevention Day – #FundamentalSDG

September 10, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

The International Foundation for Research and Education on Depression (iFred) announces today, World Suicide Prevention Day, it joins to support the #FundaMentalSDG initiative to advocate adding clear, measurable mental healthContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Events, Health, iFred, International, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Suicide Prevention Tagged With: depression prevention, end stigma, FundamentalSDG, global mental health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, no health without mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope, united nations post development goals, wspd

Bridging the Mental Health Treatment Gap Must Be a Global Priority

September 2, 2014 By Kathryn Leave a Comment

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 groupContinue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Depression Foundation, Events, iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Mental Health, Movement for Global Mental Health, Suicide and Grief, Suicide Prevention Tagged With: depression advocacy, end stigma, eradicating suicide, finding hope, global mental health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, movement for global mental health, rebranding depression, suicide prevention, teach hope, world health organization

Depression and anxiety are linked to happiness and there’s plenty that can be done from a young age

August 14, 2014 By Kathryn 19 Comments

In the last blog, I talked about the World Happiness Report 2013 and began to explore the links between mental health and happiness. I want to explore this in furtherContinue Reading

Filed Under: Brain Nutrition, Depression, Exercise, Health, iFred, Inspiration, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Meditation, Suicide Prevention, Teens, Uncategorized, Youth Tagged With: children, depression, finding hope, health, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, iFred, international depression blog, Jagannath Lamichhane, mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

INTERNATONAL COMMUNITY MUST SHOW MORAL SOLIDARITY TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

March 4, 2014 By Cassie Leave a Comment

Jagannath Lamichhane In my last blog post, I had briefly mentioned the need for international moral solidarity as a first step in addressing mental health related suffering in developing countries.Continue Reading

Filed Under: iFred, International, Jagannath Lamichhane, Suicide Prevention Tagged With: hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, human rights, human rights and mental illness, iFred, Jagannath Lamichhane, moral solidarity, movement for global mental health, suicide prevention, teach hope

Kathryn’s Story: Tackling Depression with a Smart Treatment Plan

February 4, 2014 By Cassie Leave a Comment

As we hold onto our own islands of Hope in the face of depression, we are sure that the same treatment doesn’t work for everyone. Along with therapy and medication,Continue Reading

Filed Under: Depression, Hope Stories, iFred, Inspiration, Mental Health, Suicide and Grief, Suicide Prevention, Tips and Tools Tagged With: depression, hope, hope is teachable, hopelessness, mental health, mental health treatement, suicide prevention, teach hope