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DBSA News Releases and Announcements


2013

DBSA Awarded VA Contract to Train Veterans as Peer Specialists [PDF]
April 8, 2013

DBSA Statement on President Obama’s Gun Control Proposal
January 17, 2013

2012

DBSA Partners with InfoMC to Offer Peer Coaching Tool [PDF]
August 28, 2012

DBSA Honors Top Mental Health Reasearchers with 2011 Klerman Awards [PDF]
May 15, 2012

DBSA Launches the Positive Six Campaign (+6) to Encourage Small Changes with Big Impact! [PDF]  
April 18, 2012 

DBSA President Shares DBSA's Strategic Goals and Initiatives for 2012
January 23, 2012

2011

DBSA Announces Honorary Advisory Board [PDF]
December 15, 2011

DBSA and Smoking Cessation Leadership Center Partner to Reduce the Burden of Tobacco Use
November 16, 2011

Allen Doederlein Named President of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance [PDF]
June 30, 2011

2010 Klerman Award Winners Announced [PDF]
March 31, 2011

2010

DBSA Announces SPEAK and Be Heard…Living with Depression Contest Finalists [PDF]
October 1, 2010

SPEAK and Be Heard… Living With Depression Contest Urges Individuals to Serve as Role Models by Sharing Their Stories of Success [PDF]
July 28, 2010

DBSA Leadership Transition Announced
April 13, 2010

DBSA Honors Top Researchers with Klerman Awards [PDF]
February 5, 2010

Announcing Keynote Speakers at DBSA 2010 National Conference
January 13, 2010

PBS Series, This Emotional Life, Recommends DBSA as Helpful Resource
January 4, 2010

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OUR MISSION: DBSA provides hope, help, support, and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.

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