Guest Bloggers
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Louisa Benton
Executive Director
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Steven P. Roose, M.D
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
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Huda Akil, Ph.D
DTF Chair
HDRF Honors Mental Health Awareness Month with Inaugural NYC Teen Race of Hope,
May 24, 2023
HDRF’s inaugural Teen Race of Hope united more than 275 teenagers and their family members, friends, and teachers on Sunday, May 21 at Pier 40, Hudson River Park. The goal of the event was to raise awareness about the crisis in youth mental health in the U.S. and fight the stigma that still surrounds mental health.
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HDRF Breaks Records at Fifth Anniversary Palm Beach Race!,
February 22, 2023
HDRF celebrated the Fifth Anniversary of our signature winter event — the Race of Hope 5K to Defeat Depression — on Saturday, February 18, 2023. The event gathered more than 900 men, women, and children on Saturday morning in Palm Beach and raised over $550,000 for urgent research into depression and anxiety.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Aly Raisman & Philanthropists Jamee and Peter Gregory Honored at 16th Annual HOPE Luncheon Seminar,
November 15, 2022
Our warmest thanks to the 300 supporters who came out for our Sixteenth Annual HOPE Luncheon Seminar on Wednesday, November 9. The event raised over $500,000 for HDRF’s research and received excellent coverage, including People and Good Day New York. The Luncheon had a powerful discussion on one of the most important crises of our time: “Teens and Depression: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis.”
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HDRF Hosts Inaugural Next Generation Symposium: “Teenagers and Depression: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis”,
October 15, 2022
In the midst of the unprecedented mental health crisis among today’s teenagers and youth, HDRF held its inaugural Next Generation symposium on October 6 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Centered around the topic “Teenagers and Depression: Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis,” the symposium featured leading experts in psychiatry, brain research and social work. The panel also included two brain scientists from the HDRF Depression Task Force.
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Seventh Annual Southampton Race of Hope Raises $325,000 for Depression Research,
August 22, 2022
The Hope for Depression Research Foundation’s (HDRF) Seventh Annual 5K Race of Hope brought together more than 400 men, women, and children on Sunday, August 7th in Southampton Village in support of mental health awareness and research.
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