About iFred

iFred is a 501c3 organization aiming to shed a positive light on depression throughout the world in order to prevent the onset, research causes and treatments, and reposition the disease in a positive way. iFred's primary goal is to increase the number of people getting depression, as according to the World Health Organization currently less than 25% of those with diagnosable depression in developed countries, and less than 10% in developing countries, are receiving treatment. Depression is up to 90% treatable, so by increasing the number getting treatment we will reduce costs associated with it, suicides, and drain on society.

We have three ways we plan to do this, including:

Prevention: Many would argue the ability to prevent depression, but we know three things are more likely to cause a person to have a major depressive episode; genetics, history of childhood abuse, and traumatic life events. If we can create projects that address these issues and help people deal with them in a positive way, we deduce that we can ameliorate or prevent depression

Research: Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, yet we spend very little money researching the disease. Why are so few people getting treatment? Why aren't all doctors screening for depression in patients? We plan to address these issues in our research.

Education: There is very little interesting, hopeful, inspiring information about depression in the world, especially things that inspire the youth generation. How can we create new materials that highlight the hope of the disease? The success rates of treatment? We are working to get celebrity involvement, establish relationships with other organizations, create colorful unique life changing materials and generally find positive ways to educate all on depression.

We need to foster an environment where people feel comfortable getting help, they feel good about openly celebrating an individual’s ability to recover from a depressive episode, and support and applaud them in moving forward in a battle similar to that of any other disease.

To download a copy of our IRS letter of nonprofit status, click here.