BringChange2Mind.org is a not-for-profit organization created by Glenn Close, the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF), Fountain House, and Garen and Shari Staglin of IMHRO (International Mental Health Research Organization).
The idea of a national anti-stigma campaign was born of a partnership between Glenn Close and Fountain House, where Glenn volunteered out of an interest in mental illness due to the illnesses of her sister and nephew.
BringChange2Mind’s mission is twofold:
- to provide people with misconceptions about mental illness quick and easy access to information that combats stigma
- to provide people with mental illness, and those who know them, quick and easy access to information and support
This information will be offered via a user-friendly website portal, directing visitors to the critical resources they need.
This is the first effort of this magnitude in U.S. history.