Community Presentation: Understanding Depression and Overcoming Obstacles to Treatment

Billerica First Parish UU Church  

Friday May 23 at 7pm

Anxiety
and Depression :

Recognizing the Signs & Symptoms, Understanding Treatment and Overcoming
Obstacles to Getting Help

The 
Social Justice Cte. of First Parish is hosting a Free Community
Presentation by Steve and Deb Boczenowski, founders of  TADS - Teenage Anxiety and Depression
Solutions (www.tadsma.org).

TADS is an organization
that actively advocates for mental wellness for young people and their mission
is to raise awareness about mental health issues in our society, especially
depression and anxiety, and in so doing, help to prevent suicide. Steve and Deb
will share their knowledge and personal experience, which includes the loss of
their son, Jeffrey. 



“I see
providing people with adequate mental health care to be a matter of justice,
not unlike civil rights, marriage rights, and economic justice. … Inspired by our different
faiths and our common values, we believe education is the key to prevention and
that the best way to prevent suicide is through the early recognition and
treatment of depression and other psychiatric illnesses.  Therefore, TADS
concentrates its efforts on advocacy, funding for school-based suicide
prevention and mental health education programs, and enabling community-based
services.”

Two mental health
professionals will join Steve and Deb for a question & answer session;  Alice Lenhart, MEd, MA, a mental health
counselor at the Counseling Center at Rivier University, in Nashua, NH and Brian
Henderson, LMHC, LMFT, a licensed mental health counselor and marriage and
family therapist practicing in Chelmsford.

7 Concord Road (on the common) Billerica, MA   978-663-2293.


Free and open to public – Disability
accessible – All welcome – Light refreshments. Child care available -  www.uubillerica.org