[Counselor_Educ] October 7 is National Depression Screening day

[Christine Bhat]

Hello Everyone!

 

Tomorrow is National Depression Screening Day (October 7th). Please take a
free screening yourself and encourage your family and friends to do the
same. The online screening tools will not diagnose but will "red flag"
symptoms and recommend further evaluation with a counselor or other mental
health professional of your choice.

 

Free, Anonymous Online Screenings are available at
www.HelpYourselfHelpOthers.org 

Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (SMH) is dedicated to promoting the
improvement of mental health by providing the public with education,
screening, and treatment resources. SMH pioneered the concept of large-scale
mental health screening and education programs in 1991, with its flagship
program, National Depression Screening Day (NDSD). SMH programs-provided
both in-person and online-educate, raise awareness, and screen individuals
for depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder,
posttraumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, alcohol use disorders, and
suicide.

 

This article about the mental health of college students is also likely to
be of interest.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/college-students-17-more-likely-to-b
e-depressed-now-than-five-years-ago-104408638.html

 

Best

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Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., P.C

Assistant Professor, Counselor Education  

Department of Counseling and Higher Education

The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services 

Ohio University , Athens , OH 45701 

Office: McCracken Hall, 374  

Phone: 740-593-4425   

Fax: 740-593-0477 

Email: bhatc at ohio.edu

 

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