National Depression Screening DayŽ (NDSD) is from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 in the hallway between Subway and Java City in the School of Medicine.
Jair Soares, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and radiology, chief in the division of mood and anxiety disorders and Krus endowed chair, and a research team from the division of mood and anxiety disorders will provide anonymous screenings.
All related material will be given to participants at the end of the screening. No information of any kind will be kept at the end of participation, but if the participant wishes, the research team will refer them to Health Science Center counseling services, and/or provide a referral in the community for them to seek appropriate treatment.
NDSD provides screening, and referral for prevalent, under-diagnosed and treatable mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. This large-scale mental health event began in 1991.
NDSD is designed to call attention to mood and anxiety disorders on a national level, to educate the public and clinicians about their symptoms and effective treatments, to offer individuals the opportunity to be screened for the disorders, and to connect those in need of treatment to the mental health care system. Each fall, thousands of health care providers throughout the country conduct NDSD events that reach roughly 200,000 individuals with educational resources, and screen more than 100,000 people for mood and anxiety disorders.
For more information about the NDSD call Veronica Villarreal at (210) 567-5465.
