Why?
We know the stats…
The average delay between onset of mental illness symptoms and treatment is 11 years.
Each year, 1 in 5 women in the United States has a mental health problem.
2x as many women experience depression in their lifetime than men.
Women are 2x as likely as men to experience generalized anxiety disorder or panic disorder.
Physicians are more likely to diagnose depression in women compared with men, even when both genders have identical symptoms or similar scores on standardized measures of depression.
Women are more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications than men.
…and what we are doing isn’t working…
“Our daughter’s Psychiatrist told us (when asking for a diagnosis) that for young adults, they basically need to rob a convenience store to get help…”
“Our doctor told us, ‘We don’t really have goals, we just listen….”
“The therapist waited until after I spilled out my whole story, then told me our daughters were in the same gymnastics program…I guess no confidentiality”
“I had no idea why I was on the meds I was on – it seemed like just guessing, at least with antibiotics doctors explain the choice.”
“Doctor said my liver would need to be monitored, but it never was…”
“All my friends are on different meds for anxiety, one is an allergy med, another for high blood pressure, but no one explains why a particular one is chosen..”