Webinars

Why It’s Hard to Get Care and Get Well: Breaking Barriers to Good Mental Health

Upcoming Webinar
Airing Tuesday, October 15, 2024, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm ET

What’s stopping your loved one from getting what they need to be mentally healthy? The long list of potential barriers to care can be discouraging. Stay hopeful! With the right information and support, you and your loved one can work through them together! Our upcoming webinar will cover these issues and equip you with practical tools to navigate the complex world of mental health care.

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A place to learn

At Families for Depression Awareness (FFDA), we focus on the families of people living with depression or bipolar disorder ("mood disorders"), equipping family caregivers with education and training so they can provide effective, constructive support to their loved ones.

Mood disorders affect everyone in a family, not only those with the diagnosis. Each family member should be able to have their needs identified and addressed.

In addition to passing along a higher likelihood of having a mood disorder, parents living with a mood disorder can find it hard to engage with their children, take care of household chores, do their work, and sometimes even to get out of bed.

Family caregivers risk wearing themselves out as they help their loved one seek treatment, manage the household and the family, and try to keep a roof over their heads.

Since our beginning, we have shared family stories to help caregivers feel like they are not alone, show that families can address mood disorders together, inspire hope, and dispel stigma. Each year, we add to our library of honest and inspiring accounts of families facing the challenges of mood disorders and suicide.