Founded | 2000; 25 years ago (2000) |
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Focus | Suicide prevention, mental illness |
Area served | United States |
Method | Education |
Key people | Phil and Donna Satow |
Website | 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. Phil and Donna Satow started the organization in 2000 after their youngest son Jed died by suicide in college in 1998.
References
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- "Mental health efforts earn Cornell national recognition". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- Emmons, Kimberly K. (2010-02-16). Black Dogs and Blue Words: Depression and Gender in the Age of Self-Care. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4922-4.