The video is a new component of the Mental Health Self-Assessment Program (MHSAP), a DoD funded initiative that offers service personnel and their family members the opportunity to take anonymous mental health and alcohol self-assessments online, via telephone, and at special events held at installations worldwide. The program is designed to help individuals identify their own symptoms and access assistance before a problem becomes serious. The self-assessments are available 24/7 online or via the telephone at www.MilitaryMentalHealth.org and 1-877-877-3647.

A Different Kind of Courage is available to military installations in all branches including the National Guard and Reserve. Read more >

Too often people talk about the emotional costs of mental illness, but the monetary costs can be just as devastating. A study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry revealed that serious mental health disorders have cost the nation more than $193 billion annually in lost earnings alone. Read more >

New relationships, physical changes, decisions about the future...

The teenage years can be tumultuous. The emotional ups and downs and the physical changes that go hand in hand with adolescence can be very difficult to handle.

During this transitional period, many teenagers are also dealing with depression. In fact, a federal government survey released last month showed that more than 2 million US teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year. On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents ages 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode in the previous year. Read more >

Registration for NDSD is underway. You should receive your copy of the registration form in the mail shortly. To download a PDF version of the registration brochure, click here. Online registration will begin in late July.