2009 Winners

The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance hosted the first DBSA “Facing Us” Video contest in 2007 along with the launch of its “Facing Us,” a national campaign to highlight the "face" of depression and bipolar disorder and to supply tools to those "facing" the challenges of living with these illnesses. The Facing Us Clubhouse, on FacingUs.org, houses a variety of personal, interactive wellness tools as well as a multi-media room featuring inspirational, videos, audio clips, artwork and music.

DBSA is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses, depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life- threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments, and discover a cure.