AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health

AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health

We’re on a mission to increase awareness surrounding the prevalence of mental health diagnoses, and the staggering difficulties that individuals face navigating mental health care in the United States.

Mission statement

The AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health exists as a supporter to other mental health non-profit organisations. Our main goal is to raise funds which help other organizations implement action plans, conduct research, and/or provide scholarships for mental healthcare education.

Summary of relevant work

  • Supporting the Five Fifty Fifty Mental Health Run/Walk Series across the country for the purpose of raising awareness, reducing stigma and enforcing the role of physical wellness in mental health
  • Supporting existing national mental healthcare foundations such as Mental Health America (MHA), International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF), National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Brain Research Foundation, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and Crisis Text Line among others
  • Addressing the shortage of mental healthcare providers by providing scholarships to mid-level providers in order to achieve mental health specialty or certification
  • Supporting integration of mental healthcare in medicine in inpatient and outpatient clinical settings
  • Preventing suicide by funding peer support Hope Squad suicide prevention programs in elementary, middle and high schools
  • Funding peer support education programs to family and friends of patients who suffer from mental illness

Details

Approach(es)
Detection and diagnosis
Empowerment and service user involvement
Prevention and promotion
Disorder(s)
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Self-harm/suicide
Region(s)
North America
Population(s)
Adults
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Minority populations
Older adults
Setting(s)
Community
Primary care
School
Specialist care
Workplace
Country(s)
United States