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DBSA chapters across the country offer support groups, many of which are now operating online during the current health crisis. Enter your zip code to find your local support group.


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    Online Parent Community

    Meeting you where you are this May

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a national campaign to raise awareness about those living with mental health conditions,
    reduce stigma, and provide education about resources and support. This May, DBSA has free tools and resources that meet you where you are on your mental health journey and help get you to where you want to be.

    Mental Health Awareness Month resources 

    DBSA program helps children make friends with their feelings

    If there’s a young child in your life, we think you’ll be excited to learn more about the DBSA Mood Crew®

    Meet the DBSA Mood Crew!

    Don’t miss our popular podcast!

    If you live with depression or bipolar, when things are at their worst it can feel like it will never get better. These times do pass. When reflect on our experience and circumstances, we can find the strength we have shown during our greatest challenges. DBSA’s blog and podcast series, I’m Living Proof: A Letter to My Younger Self, shares inspiring stories of young adult peers who are living proof that we can overcome even the most difficult times.

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    Updates

    DBSA Mourns the Loss of Dr. Jan Fawcett, First Medical Advisor

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    Supporting Youth Mental Health

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    How to Find the Right Therapist for You

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    Daily tools empower your wellness journey

    Each person’s wellness journey is unique. With that in mind, DBSA has developed tools to help you take the first steps and to determine what support you may need along the way.

    Start with Strengths

    The DBSA Wellness Wheel is an easy-to-use tool that focuses on your strengths in 7 key areas of life. 

    DBSA Wellness Wheel

    Wellness Wheel

    Keep Daily Logs

    Our Wellness Tracker can be an essential resource to understand your moods, symptoms, medications, and lifestyle.

    DBSA Wellness Tracker Workbook

     

    Wellness Tracker

    Parent and child

    When I joined I felt isolated and in crisis. I didn’t know where to turn. I found a supportive community of educated, helpful and kind parents who love their children very much. I desperately needed to know that my son could find light at the end of the tunnel. I found optimism and helpful suggestions.
    —Balanced Mind Parent Network member

    The Balanced Mind Parent Network (BMPN) is an online support community where you’ll find connection, resources, and hope for the road ahead.

    Join the BMPN Online Community

    Peer Stories

    Vanessa Harris

    For me, the support groups are a place where we can let our hair down. We can talk about the things people say to us that make us feel bad. A lot of us have experienced the same types of discrimination and can say “Yeah, I’ve heard that too. I understand.”

    Bonnie Rosenthal

    I deal with depression every single day. I question why I was put here on this earth. I say to myself: you were put here on this earth to make a difference in other people's lives. I do that when someone comes to DBSA.
    Olivia Eiler
    Olivia Eiler

    I felt like no one could understand what I was going through. DBSA support groups taught me I was wrong.

    DBSA Programs

    I'm here...

    I’m here…

    I’m here… is a way—for both people living with a mood disorder and those who support—to open up a channel for communication and to say, “I’m here…”

    Life Unlimited

    Empowering stories of individuals whose lives have been touched, but not limited by, a mood disorder.
    Parent and child

    Balanced Mind Parent Network

    The Balanced Mind Parent Network (BMPN) is an online support community where you’ll find connection, resources, and hope for the road ahead.
    Young Adults

    Young Adults

    The Young Adult section is to support young adults through challenges as well as help them connect to other young adult peers.
    Together

    Get Involved

    Double your impact
    This May, you can provide support for people living with a mood disorder by donating to DBSA today. For a limited time, all donations will be matched up to $15,000!
    Support DBSA