Drs. Louann Brizendine and Ty Cannon with the Staglin family at Music Festival 2005

We of the International Mental Health Research Organization are people whose lives have been touched by brain disease, either in our families or in ourselves. Because of this circumstance, we share a lifelong passion: to alleviate the suffering of people with brain disease, and to work to find cures. We began our campaign to reduce stigma and support mental health research in 1995; since then the phenomenal generosity of contributors around the world has enabled us to raise over $94 million for the cause! It's been a long road, but the best is yet to come. Through proactive allocation of research grants and cooperation with the government, we provide a framework for your generosity to build on. With your support we can find cures for brain diseases within our lifetimes.

IMHRO is the coalition of two families and several others whose passion for mental health advocacy is grounded in personal experience. Our lives have been shaken by brain disease, and we've come out campaigning for the research that will cure it.