DMAX Foundation Applauds Janssen Research and Development, LLC for Its Year-Long Mission Sponsorship

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Janssen is a 2019 Leadership Circle sponsor of DMAX Foundation’s mission to create connections and conversations that matter to strengthen mental health for young people

Bryn Mawr, PA (PRUnderground) December 10th, 2019

DMAX Foundation (www.dmaxfoundation.org) is pleased to announce that Janssen Research and Development, LLC has been a Leadership Circle sponsor throughout 2019 of DMAX Foundation’s mission to create connections and conversations that matter to strengthen mental health and emotional well-being for young people.  DMAX does this through the establishment and support of DMAX Clubs on college campuses.  The clubs provide environments for students to get together and talk about how they are doing, how their friends are doing and how they can help each other.  

According to Laurie Burstein-Maxwell, Executive Director of DMAX Foundation, “Janssen has been there for DMAX, nearly since the beginning of our work in 2013.  Through Husseini Manji,  Global Therapeutic Area Head, Neuroscience, Janssen has been a steadfast supporter of DMAX and its work to help address the mental health crisis on college campuses via its DMAX Clubs on college campuses.    In addition, we have been blessed to have his colleague, Craig Kramer, Global Mental Health Ambassador, on our Board of Directors.”

During 2019, DMAX Foundation established 4 new DMAX Clubs in the Philadelphia and surrounding region.  In 2020, DMAX intends to establish new DMAX Clubs in New Jersey. The clubs help reduce the sense of isolation and hopelessness for students who may be suffering from mental or emotional issues.

DMAX addresses a significant unmet need on college campuses where those suffering from emotional concerns often can’t or don’t seek counseling services because of stigma, overcrowding, and lack of resources, often leading to tragic results.  Research shows forty percent of college students with a mental health condition don’t talk about it or use college mental health services. DMAX Clubs encourage students to share with their peers what is going on for them, so they can help each other and realize that they are not alone in their struggles. When students break the silence about emotional struggles, they can help decrease the tragic results that too often occur when they keep their emotional pain to themselves.“

“We are so grateful to Husseini, Craig and many others at Janssen who care about mental health in general, in the workplace, and for college students, their next generation of employees”.  – Dr. Laurie Burstein-Maxwell, Executive Director and Co-Founder 

DMAX Foundation

Jonathan Diehl, DMAX Club Outreach and Program Coordinator

PO Box 274

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

jonathan@dmaxfoundation.org

610-527-2971

About DMAX Foundation

DMAX Foundation\’s mission is to create conversations that matter to strengthen mental health and emotional well-being for young people. The Foundation is creating DMAX Clubs on college campuses for students to get together and talk about how they are doing, how their friends are doing and how they can help each other.

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