Last week, I received an email from everyminute.org reminding me to send a question to Tom Brokaw for consideration in the presidential Town Hall debate that’s taking place tonight.
Unfortunately, time got away from me and not only did I forget to send a question; I also forgot to pass the information along to y’all.
The good news is that even though the deadline to send questions has passed (it was October 2), we can all still watch the debate tonight on just about every network (hmm…I knew there had to be a reason FOX wasn’t giving me a new episode of …read more

I’ve written about everyminute.org before here at Mental Health Notes (Team Up With everyminute.org And Make Your Voice Heard!), but it wasn’t until today – after reading the latest newsletter and visiting the site again – that I realized they have a PSA:

Every minute, a suicide is attempted in the United States. That’s…reason to take action, people. More than enough reason.
As I perused everyminute.org again today, I noticed they now have a resources and services locator section, as well as an official group at Daily Strength. Check ‘em out!
And, if you haven’t done so yet, add your signature to everyminute.org’s …read more

I know they’re pretty, but it’s time to get caught up on the goings on in the world of mental health!
This week at Mental Health Notes, it was back to business as usual after my three-day vacation. In addition to helping you update your calendars with mental health awareness weeks for July, I also passed along an article regarding using our brains to promote health. I also started a discussion about handgun laws and how they may be related to suicide statistics, proved to you that hard mental health advocacy work pays off, and introduced you to two interesting Web …read more

Remember a few Saturday Sanities ago when I tipped you all off on www.everyminute.org and its super cool petition-signing tool? Well, Jace Freeman from www.everyminute.org has graciously sent MHN some more detailed information about the Web site, its mission, and how you can get involved.
I’ll let him do the talking:
everyminute.org is a grassroots campaign organizing a lobbying force to advocate before Congress to accelerate mental health research to promote recovery and resilience through individual treatment plans that eliminate the need for trial and error diagnosis. Funded by a grant from the Jene and Curtis Graves Foundation, the website, http://www.everyminute.org, was …read more