The Campaign for America’s Mental Health, a program of Mental Health America, works nationally and locally to raise awareness that mental illnesses are real, common and treatable and to ensure that people most at-risk for depression and anxiety disorders receive proper, timely and effective treatment. Through public education and outreach to primary care providers, the Campaign seeks to increase the number of Americans who receive treatment for mental illnesses and to improve the manner in which mental illnesses are detected and treated in primary care settings.

The Campaign for America’s Mental Health is a broad-based public education program that builds upon the success of a long-standing outreach initiative, the Campaign on Clinical Depression. Over the past decade, the Campaign on Clinical Depression has educated millions of Americans about depression and has helped hundreds of thousands seek treatment and resume productive, fulfilling lives.

The Campaign for America’s Mental Health works with a host of national organizations -- both in and outside the healthcare field -- to raise awareness about the detection and treatment of mental illnesses. Click here for a listing of Campaign Partners.

Additionally, local directors of the Campaign form partnerships with community groups to educate diverse populations about mental illnesses, promote screenings, and generate local media coverage. Click here for a listing of Campaign Directors.

At the local level, the Campaign draws strength from 60 local Mental Health Associations in 34 states that bring the Campaign’s education programs, advocacy activities and screenings directly and effectively to their local communities. The Campaign works closely with Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (formerly the National Mental Illness Screening Project) to coordinate hundreds of sites for National Depression Screening Day^® (NDSD) and promote year-round depression screenings in local communities across the country.

Click here for more information about the Campaign for America’s Mental Health.

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