The Jed Foundation Explained

Key People:Phil and Donna Satow
The Jed Foundation (JED)
Area Served:United States
Focus:Suicide prevention, mental illness
Method:Education
Homepage:www.jedfoundation.org

The Jed Foundation (JED) is a non-profit organization that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults in the United States.[1] Phil and Donna Satow started the organization in 2000[2] after their youngest son Jed died by suicide in college in 1998.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mental health efforts earn Cornell national recognition . 2023-07-01 . Cornell Chronicle . en.
  2. Book: Riba . Michelle B. . College Psychiatry: Strategies to Improve Access to Mental Health . Menon . Meera . 2021-05-29 . Springer Nature . 978-3-030-69468-5 . en.
  3. Book: Emmons, Kimberly K. . Black Dogs and Blue Words: Depression and Gender in the Age of Self-Care . 2010-02-16 . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-4922-4 . en.

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