Thursday, October 8, 2009 is National Depression Screening Day.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
Original Source: MentalHealthAmerica.net\/go\/depression-screening-day<\/p>\n
Online Depression Screening – Data And Statistics: https:\/\/mhanational.org\/research\/online-depression-screening-data-and-statistics\/<\/a><\/p>\n Over 1,000 sites across the country are offering free, anonymous mental health screenings as part of this national awareness program.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Another “free, confidential depression-screening test”: depression-screening.org<\/a><\/p>\n The depression-screening.org web site is sponsored by the Mental Health America as part of the Campaign for America’s Mental Health.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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\u2026 Read More: National Depression Screening Day »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,3,127],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-depression","tag-mental-health","tag-screening"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t