Thursday, October 8, 2009 is National Depression Screening Day.
“Whether for heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes or depression, health screenings provide a quick and easy way to spot the first signs of serious illness and can reach people who might not otherwise seek professional medical advice.
Clinical depression is a common medical illness affecting more than 19 million american adults each year. Like screenings for other illnesses, depression screenings should be a routine part of healthcare.”
Source: MentalHealthAmerica.net/go/depression-screening-day
Over 1,000 sites across the country are offering free, anonymous mental health screenings as part of this national awareness program.
Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (SMH) is the non-profit organization that first introduced the concept of large-scale mental health screenings with its flagship program National Depression Screening Day in 1991.
Another “free, confidential depression-screening test”: depression-screening.org
The depression-screening.org web site is sponsored by the Mental Health America as part of the Campaign for America’s Mental Health.
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