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Partners
Jed Foundation
www.jedfoundation.org
The Jed Foundation works nationally to reduce the rate of suicide and the prevalence of emotional distress among college and university students. The organization collaborates with the public and leaders in higher education, mental health, and research to produce and advance initiatives that:
- Decrease the stigma surrounding emotional disorders and increase help-seeking in the college student population
- Increase understanding of the warning signs of suicide and the symptoms of emotional disorders among college students
- Raise awareness of the prevalence of suicide and emotional disorders among college students
- Strengthen campus mental health services, policies, and programs
University of Pennsylvania Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
www.med.upenn.edu/cnb/
The CNB promotes interdisciplinary research in the basic neural and molecular mechanisms underlying complex behavior. The CNB consists of a confederation of individual laboratories located in the Translational Research Laboratories (TRL). Investigators search for genes that may predispose individuals to certain disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders (e.g., obesity), epilepsy, and schizophrenia. They also examine how anti-depressant, anti-anxiety, and anti-psychotic drugs work in the human body.
The mission of the Center is to strengthen behavioral neurobiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the pre-eminence of basic research programs in the Department of Psychiatry. The primary scientific objective of the CNB is to foster interdisciplinary research and training in the basic neural and molecular mechanisms underlying complex behavior, including but not limited to psychopathologic behavior. The Center complements and extends the research program of the Department of Neuroscience by supporting an integrated systems approach to the neurobiology of mammalian and human behavior.
The Heard: The National Mental Health Awareness Campaign’s Speakers’ Bureau
www.nostigma.org
“We are the first speakers’ bureau in the country devoted to removing the stigma surrounding mental disorders while also promoting mental health for everyone. We know that information and messaging about mental health must be delivered by young people who have firsthand knowledge of what it’s really like. Our speakers are young people who have been affected by mental disorders and speak to empower others to take action and responsibility in their lives.”
Minding Your Mind has partnered with The Heard to offer school-based presentations to middle and high school students, parents and educators in the Philadelphia area. To learn more about this initiative, see our Empowered Minds program.
Active Minds
www.activemindsoncampus.org
Active Minds is the nation’s only peer-to-peer organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental health among college students. The organization serves as the young adult voice in mental health advocacy on over one hundred college campuses nationwide.
Minding Your Mind contributes funding to the Active Minds national office and promotes affiliate outreach to college-bound high school students.
Fountain Gallery
www.fountaingallerynyc.com
Fountain Gallery is a not-for-profit cooperative run by and for artists living with mental illness. Beginning with a handful of artists in the summer of 2000, the Gallery has grown to include nearly 40 artists, supported by a small professional staff and numerous dedicated volunteers. By exhibiting visionary art, achieving commercial success and generating public dialogue, the Gallery is making a vital contribution to the New York arts community and working to change common misconceptions about people living with severe persistent mental illness.
Minding Your Mind is working with individual artists of Fountain Gallery to produce gift cards for sale on this website. The proceeds of gift card sales go to support the individual artists, Fountain Gallery and Minding Your Mind.