Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance 2006 Annual Report DBSA’s Mission: To improve the lives of people living with mood disorders A Look Back at 2006 by DBSA President Sue Bergeson 2006 Board of Directors

“These [support group] meetings work miracles. They save lives and they give people Executive Committee —Cheryl Murphy, DBSA Southern Nevada hope. It's like watching a flower bloom sometimes.” Chair MTaimriapma, JFolah.nson-Hoyte, Esq.,

Those of us living with mood disorders in the U.S. ● Expanded user-friendly website, www.DBSAlliance.org Vice Chair AStleapnhta en Propst, MBA, faced a harsh reality in 2006: ● Real Recovery ® podcasts Secretary ● Over 750,000 of us went to the emergency room It means we’ve designed new consumer-based LDairrercytoFr ricks, because of a suicide attempt. The Appalachian Consulting Group empowerment programs to implement throughout Cleveland, Ga. ● STAR*D (an NIMH study) showed that, after four the country: Treasurer different medication trials, only 60 percent of us Alan Zais, ● DBSA Certified Peer Specialist training Executive Director, Winnebago County experienced an end to symptoms. Housing Authority ● Living Successfully With a Mood Disorder Director, HOPE VI Program Management ● Restrictive insurance policies kept many of us from Rockford, Ill. accessing helpful medication. And a lack of ● Sleepless in America tour at five universities SAB Chair insurance parity kept even more from getting any ● Chapter-based Dual Diagnosis hospitalization PErlolefensFsroarnokf,PPshyDch, iatry and Psychology kind of treatment at all. program University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA ● Studies revealed that we’re dying about 25 years ● Laugh and Learn: A Discussion about Mental earlier than those who don’t live with mental illness. Health in the Latino Community Member-at-Large SReanidoyr VRiceevePlrle,siJdDe,nt Yet, in the face of such discouraging news, DBSA has It also means that we’ve approached health service Washington State Hospital Association Seattle moved forward. We’ve approached our mission “to providers with new communication models, new improve the lives of people living with mood disorders” research insights and new ways for them to partner Directors with newfound vigor, providing hope, help and sup- with their patients: port when people need it, where they need it and ● Making Recovery Real provider training PExeetecruCtiv.eADshirecntdoer n how they need to receive it. Mental Health Empowerment Project, Inc. ● Peer-based research projects Albany, N.Y. What does this really mean? And the fruit of our labor is the hope, help and Judith A. Cook, PhD It means that we’ve increased efforts to build new support that almost five million people found in Professor of Psychiatry chapters and support groups, so that these free, life- University of Illinois at Chicago 2006 through: Chicago giving resources are available in local libraries, places our leading-edge website of worship, hospitals, etc. ● PSihttesiblaurFgih ne ● community activities put on by nearly 1,000 It means we’ve sought new and creative ways to DBSA support groups reach people: MPoalnlyagDe.rSohfeNraerwd Business Development ● free copies of more than 24 printed recovery WJLA-TV First-of-its-kind, comprehensive, award-winning ● tools (more than 1.2 million resources were given Bethesda, Md. report and DVD, State of Depression in America , away last year) featuring veteran CBS journalist Mike Wallace JGarampeesviCne. ,STweixn. ney ● one of more than 24 new peer-based, recovery- Inaugural Rebecca’s Dream Gala to promote ● oriented programs and services awareness about mood disorders, honoring VMicaersChahlaliTr/hCohmiefasM,eMdDical Officer Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke with Each year, mood disorders devastate almost 21 University of Colorado at Denver Denver the “Legacy of Life” Award million Americans. DBSA needs your help to reach out to these millions. Your donation can help us do that. President, DBSA ● PSA with General Hospital actor Maurice Bernard Sue Bergeson, Our 21 national office staff, together with thousands of Non-voting member broadcast during this hit ABC daytime drama Chicago volunteers nationwide, stretches each dollar so that ● President’s Blogs in partnership with we can literally improve a life for less than what a can The HealthCentral Network of soda costs. DBSA Recovery Education Center’s online ● We’ve been there. We can help. And we will … now training classes and in the future.

“I was at my wit’s end … DBSA changed my life … I'm giving 100% now, because I've gotten more than 100% back.” —Jill LaPierre, DBSA Nashua (N.H.) DBSA: 2006 Year in Review We always look to the future, focusing on how to better serve our Special Thanks to our Donors constituents. DBSA continues to be an excellent steward of contribu- tions , with 83 cents of every dollar given spent directly on educa- tional outreach, recovery-oriented programs/services and new wellness tools/resources. I 2006 Functional Expenses n DBSA's Annual Report, we celebrate those In 2006, DBSA began aggres- How each dollar was spent individuals, organizations, foundations and sively implementing a new stra- corporations that demonstrated their commitment Administration 10% tegic plan, making considerable to improve the lives of people living with mood Fundraising 7% investments based on constitu- disorders by generously supporting our 2006 ent needs, a long-term growth programs. These inspirational gifts were crucial strategy and the need for en- Chapters 24% to providing lifesaving services to more than four hanced technologies. For exam- million people. Thank you! ple, in November 2006, we re- launched our website to provide Education 59% ALLIANCE LEAGUE easier navigation, more consumer John F. Greden, MD ($500,000 AND ABOVE) Guerrera Family Foundation resources and a more convenient, secure way for people to give. AstraZeneca HealthyPlace.com, Inc. The decision has proven to be a good one: based on bandwidth Highmark BCBS usage, twice as many people visit our website; more than 30,000 have LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Mr. Robert H. Howland ($150,000–$499,999) listened to the Real Recovery ® podcasts; more than 12,000 messages Kettering University Abbott Laboratories Ms. Ilene Kirby a month are posted on DBSA Forums; online giving has grown Bristol-Myers Squibb Robert & Patricia Kleckner steadily; and the number of letters sent to legislators via our website Company Foundation increased by 460 percent over the same period in the previous year. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Lisa Mitchell Charitable Foundation FOUNDERS CLUB Overall, DBSA’s current and future financial prospects are strong, Mr. Dave Miller ($10,000–149,999) despite a 2006 shortfall due to reinvesting and pursuing an aggres- Millner Family Foundation Anonymous sive growth strategy. Our financial statements were audited and we Mr. Ray Muzyka C.G. Charitable Fund Ms. Wendy Orshan continue to be in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Cyberonics, Inc. Psychiatric Annals Principles and the Sarbanes Oxley Act. The Board of Directors Forest Laboratories Ms. Diane Reissig reviews monthly financial reports and creates plans to move forward. GlaxoSmithKline Mr. Randy Revelle Group Health Cooperative Mr. and Mrs. John Riccitiello Stephen Propst, MBA Sue Bergeson The Henry Foundation, Inc. Mr. Russ Rosenzweig DBSA Board of Directors Chair DBSA President Janssen A. John Rush, MD Terence A. Ketter, MD Mr. Mark Schulte 2006 Audited Financial Statements The LaSalle Network Shaker Family Foundation Balance Sheet Neuronetics, Inc. Michael Thase, MD Assets 2006 2005 Organon, Inc. Mr. Cameron Thornton Cash and cash equivalents 716,755 1,247,489 Pfizer Inc Unifund CCR Partners Investments 558,932 465,436 Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson United Healthcare Accounts receivable 3,361 29,834 Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc. Ms. Caroline P. Young Contributions receivable 100,000 State of Illinois Other 88,996 26,544 United States Trust Company GOLD Property and equipment 88,008 41,982 ($500–999) ADVOCATE COUNCIL Total Assets 1,456,052 1,911,285 Anonymous ($5,000–9,999) Liabilities and Net Assets Lori L. Altshuler, MD Capital lease obligations 1,467 5,995 Aetna Inc. Ms. Polly Allen Accounts payable and accrued expenses 99,703 86,915 Carole B. and Kenneth J. Mr. Peter Augustoni Boudreaux Foundation Accrued liabilitites – payroll, rent 79,598 82,754 Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Bauer Joseph R. Daly Foundation Total Liabilities 180,768 175,664 Mr. Moran Brandon Mr. Roger McNamee Mr. and Mrs. Joel Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Edward Scolnick Net Assets Ms. Marcia Boehm Unrestricted 927,936 1,064,939 Temporarily restricted 347,348 670,682 PLATINUM Mr. Stephen Brannan Mr. Michael Capps Total Net Assets 1,275,284 1,735,621 ($1,000–4,999) Ms. Ashley Carlson Total Liabilities and Net Assets 1,456,052 1,911,285 Michael and Angela Berman Philanthropic Fund Ms. Laurie Chavasse CIA Financial Group Statement of Activities The Earl & Margery Mrs. Yolanda Cortez Revenues, Gains and Other Support Chapman Foundation Contributions 2,629,228 3,365,227 Mrs. Rhonda Crow Ms. Gregory Debor Other 254,430 157,692 Crown Asset Management, LLC Mr. Marco Dondero Ms. Yvonne Emus Total Income 2,883,658 3,522,919 Mr. Willson Cummer Expenses Dade Behring Inc. Ms. Patricia Favelli Program services 3,017,972 2,480,623 Mr. Charles Donovan, III Mr. Jan Fersing Supporting services Ms. Sheila Fine Alan J. Gelenberg, MD Management and general 357,479 170,354 Forming America, LTD Mrs. Holly Geraci Fundraising 280,634 207,178 Mr. Richard Fowler GMK Foundation Total Expenses 3,656,085 2,858,155 Ellen Frank, PhD Mr. Daniel Hawley Mr. Larry Fricks Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD Change in net assets (460,337) 664,764 Mark A. Frye, MD Mr. Robert J. Jolley Net Assets Beginning of year 1,735,621 1,070,857 End of year 1,275,284 1,735,621 Mr. Gilbert M. Lehmann Mr. Robert B. Dreisin Mr. and Mrs. David P. Madon Valley Car Wash Officers Mr. Peter Alexander and Mr. Thomas J. Mazzetta Mrs. Dorothy Duffy Ms. Susan Maiello Mrs. Joan Vandersloot Ms. Kaye Fichman Ms. Josie C. Manternach Mrs. Donna Dynek Mrs. Gail Marshall Mr. Don Voss Ms. Diane Altkorn Mental Illness Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Earl Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Masterson Ms. Jessica Wakefield Mr. Paul Ankin Ms. Linda Menges Mr. James B. Fadim Ms. Harriet Martin Ms. Laura A. 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Increased local grassroots ● NASMHPD (National Association of State ● “Latinos and Mood Disorders” Spanish- organizations Mental Health Program Directors) language kits consulting to states ● Coalition with six Hispanic organizations ● 30% growth in state organizations ● Certified peer specialists training in 8 states for local Chicago event, “Laugh and ● 3.6% increase in local chapters ● VA consultation and peer facilitator training Learn: A Discussion about Mental Health 170 chapter leader participants in leader- ● Research on use of certified peer in the Latino Community” ship training at conferences: 89 chapters ● specialists by NIMH/Greg Simon, MD ● General Hospital PSA with Maurice Benard from 34 different states were represented Presentations to executives at Managed ● San Mateo and Chicago conferences New version of Starting a DBSA Chapter ● ● Care Behavioral Health Association Speakers Bureau training guide ● ● Training of Aetna staff (4 sessions) ● New chapter materials: pens, facilitator shields and pocket guides ● Presentation to Midwest Business Group on Health Increased DBSA funding by ● New hospitalization outreach grants developing and marketing for chapters ● Presentations to Institute for Behavioral Health Informatics (2 sessions) products, tools and services, ● New facilitator training online, via phone and by expanding other and facilitator corner of leadership website ● Library of Congress presentations development efforts Bipolar Care OPTIONS ™ presentation ● New educational programs for chapters to ● deliver locally: “Living Successfully with a ● “Living Successfully with a Mood Disorder” ● Exceeded by 433% our fundraising event Mood Disorder” and “Pathways to Recovery” chapter-based, and online, programs objective with the Inaugural Rebecca's Dream Gala honoring actress Patty Duke ● “Pathways to Recovery” chapter-based programs ● Exceeded by 158% our individual donor Expanded patient/family objective ● Ceremony of Hope (Chicago) influence on local, state and Exceeded by 40% our new corporate ● Depression is Real initiative (Chicago) ● national policies and legislation outreach objective ● Chapter hospitalization outreach grants Exceeded by 65% our objective to ● 421% increase in letters sent to legislators Training at national Alternatives Confer- ● ● produce/sell recovery-oriented products via DBSA’s Legislative Action Center ence, U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Asso- Met our objective for new federal- and ● Active participants in the Campaign for ciation (USPRA), New York Association of ● Mental Health Reform and the Mental Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) , state-level support Health Liaison groups American Psychiatric Association (APA) Consumer/family interests represented via Annual Meeting and 30 other events ● Enhanced patient-centered more than 24 letters about legislative issues research, inclusion of peer Oral/written testimony provided to the ● Developed and distributed support in treatment protocols Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) products, tools, and services and recognition of DBSA's that empower people living with expertise in the ethical treat- ● Consumer issues/concerns communicated through dozens of personal visits with mood disorders and their fami- ment of participants in clinical legislators and their staff lies to achieve patient-centered, trials for mood disorders New consumer advocacy training recovery-oriented treatment ● ● Exceeded by 30% our objective for ● New online DBSA Advocacy Center ● Exceeded by 600% our existing program DBSA-initiated new research, with SAB ● Award-winning State of Depression in reach objectives for written materials and members, on peer support's effectiveness America report and DVD launched at 500% for web-based programs ● Met our objective to expand consumers' Washington, DC’s National Press Club ● Exceeded by 300% our objective for use role/influence in developing, funding and of new media implementing research ● Exceeded by 216% our objective for new ● Met our objective to expand/centralize Expanded acceptance, products, tools, services clinical trial information availability and use of peers as ● Distributed more than 1.2 million pieces of critical to achieving recovery recovery literature and wellness Positioned DBSA as the leader ● Exhibit and training at 2006 APA Annual in providing medically and sci- Exceeded by 433% our objective of peer- Meeting in Toronto, Canada ● entifically accurate and patient- delivered provider and system training ● President’s Blogs in partnership with centered information necessary ● Exceeded by 300% our objective of HealthCentral.com to improve the lives of people outreach to health insurance companies ● Sleepless in America outreach events living with mood disorders ● Exceeded by 141% our objective to at five universities increase certified peer specialist training, ● Enhanced website, www.DBSAlliance.org , ● 1.5 billion media impressions publicizing support and research which received more than 80 million hits DBSA's message of hope, help and support ● Exceeded by 50% our objective to deliver ● New online bulletin boards with improved ● Exceeded by 127% our objective to pro- chapter-based, peer-led programs security mote public awareness of mood disorders ● Making Recovery Real provider training ● Real Recovery ® podcast series within the media in a cost-effective manner ● Exceeded by 180% our objective to build coalitions with organizations and develop “I think the reason I was depressed for so long was that I felt excluded from programs, products or services that pro- everything, even my family. Finding people that accept you for who you are mote cultural competence in mental health – I can't put a price tag on that." —Charles Sakai, DBSA Colorado Springs