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January 15, 2026 Press Release

Restoring Mental Health Funding Was the Right Move. It Saved Lives.

[January 15, 2026, New York, New York] — Last night’s decision to restore billions of dollars in federal mental health and substance use grants was

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September 1, 2020

Active Minds Facebook Live Roundtable

John MacPhee, executive director and CEO, joined Active Minds and others for a Facebook Live roundtable discussion about the challenges young adults are...

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August 20, 2020

What Do We Actually Know About the Effects of COVID-19 on Mental Health?

By SARA GORMAN Director of Research and Knowledge Dissemination at JED Much has been written about the impact of COVID-19 on mental health....

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August 20, 2020

Conversations Worth Having: Stigma

Jessica Orenstein, senior manager of High School Programming, joined To Write Love on Her Arms for a Facebook roundtable discussion about stigma, suicide, and suicide...

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August 14, 2020

Supporting International Student Mental Health During Challenging Times

As international students face particular challenges this academic year given recently reversed international student visa policies and the pandemic’s impact on those that...

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August 11, 2020

Suzanne Button Joins The Jed Foundation (JED) as the Senior Clinical Director of High School Programming

Button will lead the expansion of JED’s High School Program, which provides schools and districts with the necessary tools to strengthen their mental...

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Press Release

Press Release

August 11, 2020

Study Reveals One in Four International College Students Seek Mental Health Support Due to Stress

The new study, published by Morneau Shepell and The Jed Foundation (JED), showed that access to different kinds of mental health support modalities...

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