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Date:5/15/2009

lude work with the Kansas Mental Health Coalition to examine the continuum of services needed for those living with major depression. In addition, Dr. Menninger took time out of his busy schedule to work with traumatized victims after a devastating tornado hit the area in 2007, a purely voluntary effort in relation to a community five hours away from Dr. Menninger's home.

Primary Care: Marian McCord, RN, St. Louis, Mo.

Marian McCord started CHADS (Communities Healing Adolescent Depression and Suicide) Coalition for Mental Health shortly after her son Chad committed suicide in 2004. The goal of CHADS is to advance the prevention and knowledge of adolescent depression and suicide, through awareness, education and research. In addition to serving as the executive director of CHADS, Marian educates people about adolescent depression through speaking engagements at schools--and is working to integrate the Signs of Suicide program into all schools in the St. Louis area. After working as a pediatric nurse for 15 years, adolescent depression became a subject very close to her heart and she is determined to make the world a better place by taking the lessons from Chad's life and sharing them with others. Marian has spoken to over 5,000 students, given more than 75 presentations and appeared on almost every major TV network to talk about the cause.

Community Service: Debra L. Wentz, Ph.D., Mercerville, N.J.

Debra Wentz, Ph.D., is the executive director of the New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies (NJAMHA) and the New Jersey Mental Health Institute. Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Wentz is being honored for developing the Tsunami Mental Health Relief Project in Sri Lanka to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health training in Sri Lanka in response to the 2004 tsunami. Dr. Wentz travelled to Sri Lanka to provide training that helped teach partic
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