Mental Health Moonshot!

            Please Act Now to support a “Mental Health Moonshot!” movement requesting more funding for research into the biological, genetic, and epigenetic causes of mental health conditions and suicide.  Mental health research is disproportionately under-funded in comparison to research endeavors for conditions which are deemed as ‘physical’.  

          Due to dedicated research, we now have many effective treatments for heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, and many other conditions and diseases considered to be 'physical'.  However, we have left out the one organ that controls all of the other organs.  This is the brain.  We are not speaking of brain tumors or strokes. We are speaking of something far more elusive; the brain's role in serious mental health conditions.

            There has been much discussion on the situational and environmental factors involved in mental health conditions.  There has also been a focus on treatments which, quite often, are not very effective.  However, very little funding has been set aside for the discovery of the genetic and epigenetic factors which are at the root of these serious conditions. 

          In recent years, researchers have made transformational discoveries in the identification of potential biomarkers predisposing an individual to mental health conditions and suicidal behaviors.  With this knowledge, we must accelerate research in order to have early diagnosis of serious mental health conditions and develop novel targeted curative therapies based on the molecular causes of these these conditions.

       In order to accomplish these goals, far more funding is necessary for research.  We must have a Mental Health Moonshot, like we did for cancer over 50 years ago!  Think of the advances we have made in cancer treatments.  Isn't it way past time to do the same for brain disease?  Please visit the following two organizations to see how you may support this cause.

       

Walt's Waltz  https://www.waltswaltz.com        

CHCF Brain  https://www.chcfbrain.org

                                    

       Finally, it is essential that we have equitable funding for mental health research so we may finally identify the root causes of brain diseases, and by doing so, develop curative therapies to prevent these diseases from advancing to debilitating and life threatening levels.  Help the children before it is too late. 

Please help by signing this petition to increase funding for research into the biological, genetic, and epigenetic causes of serious mental heath conditions (brain diseases)!      

 

Thank you!