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Families for Depression Awareness helps families recognize and cope with depression and bipolar disorder to get people well and prevent suicides. FFDA was founded on the belief that caring family members play a powerful role in uniting their families and ensuring that no one suffers alone with depression or bipolar disorder. From our headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, we have impacted thousands of people with our in-person and online programs, providing psychoeducation and actionable advice so participants learn to recognize symptoms of mood disorders and intervene effectively. We equip family caregivers to understand mental health conditions, communicate their concerns to their loved ones and clinicians, and provide constructive support for their family members living with mood disorders. Educating, inspiring, and activating family caregivers increases the likelihood that people living with a mood disorder will receive treatment long before reaching a crisis point, constituting an effective upstream suicide prevention strategy. Our core educational programs include Adult Depression, Adult Bipolar Disorder, Youth and Young Adult Mental Wellness, and our how-to program for developing skills and strategies, Helping Caregivers. We offer workshops (virtual or in-person), webinars and livestream discussions, publications including various brochures and a handbook for caregivers, downloadable fact sheets and workbooks, family stories and expert interviews, our resource-rich website, and online tests and tools.
