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Press Room
Media Kit
News Releases and Advisories
- May 13, 2009: Mental Health Family Tree Helps Clinicians Save Time Taking Family History
- October 6, 2008: Families for Depression Awareness Announces Depression in the Family Audio Podcast Series
- April 23, 2008: Families for Depression Awareness to host Here Comes the Sun: A Concert for Youth Suicide Prevention
- October 2, 2007: Families for Depression Awareness launches the SWEEET! Baking for Healthy Minds Program
- May 2, 2007: Response to FDA's Antidepressant Black Box Warning: Wellness Guides to Monitor, Optimize Treatment
- May 2, 2007: Mental Health Experts Available to Discuss FDA Recommendation on Antidepressant Warning Label — Families for Depression Awareness Provides Wellness Guides to Help Monitor, Optimize Treatment
- April 23, 2007: Families for Depression Awareness Presents Coping with Stress Event at Harvard University
- April 17, 2007: Teen Suicide Rate High, Monitoring Depression Treatment Urgent — Organization Encourages Families to Use Parent/Teen Depression Wellness Guides
- December 7, 2006: Families for Depression Awareness to testify at the FDA's Psychopharmacological Drugs Advisory Committee
- December 7, 2006: Families for Depression Awareness Launches Adult Depression Wellness Guide Nationwide
- October 3, 2006: When Depression Won't Go Away: What Can Be Done
- July 17, 2006: Families for Depression Awareness offers online tool for exploring familial bipolar disorder
- June 1, 2006: Helping Seniors Cope with Depression, The San Diego Union-Tribune
- February 23, 2006: New Online Mood Questionnaire Screens for Depression and Bipolar Disorder
- January 31, 2006: New Research Shows That Antidepressants Work With Monitoring of Patients — Download the Star*D and Group Health Cooperative Study Information Kit
- January 19, 2006: Teen Suicide Rate High — Monitoring Depression Treatment Urgent
- December 12, 2005: Expert Task Force Evaluates Use of SSRIs in Depressed Youth and Adults Ongoing Monitoring of Patients Treated with Antidepressants a Must
- December 9, 2005: Response to Miami Shooting: What Families & Friends Can Do to Help Someone With Bipolar Disorder
- December 7, 2005, Shooting of Rigoberto Alpizar in Miami: Helping someone with bipolar disorder Read more. (PDF)
- October 3, 2005: Families for Depression Awareness Announces Depression Monitoring Pilot Program
- April 11, 2005: Harvard Provost Says Undiagnosed and Poorly Treated Depression Will Continue Until Families Become Involved
- November 15, 2004: Families for Depression Awareness Developing Depression Monitoring Kit
- September 27, 2004: Families for Depression Awareness Advocates for More Explicit Monitoring Advice at FDA Hearing
- March 30, 2004: Family Caregivers Should Actively Monitor Depression Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put out two important advisories:
- Adults being treated with antidepressant medications should be watched closely for worsening of depression and for increased suicidal thinking or behavior (June, 2005).
- For children: black box warning of an increased risk (4% compared to 2%) of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and adolescents on antidepressants (February, 2005).
Resources for the Media
Join our media database: contact info@familyaware.org to receive media updates
The following Families for Depression Awareness members are available to speak on depression:
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