crisislink award

CrisisLink Award

Gail is recognized by CrisisLink for "being Will's Mom and Giving a Voice to Youth and Families Struggling with Depression and Suicide."

CrisisLink is a community-based nonprofit serving the entire Northern Virginia/Maryland/DC region and dedicated to crisis prevention, intervention and response.

They work to save lives and prevent tragedies. They give vital support to those facing life crises, trauma and suicide, and provide information, education and links to community resources to empower people to help themselves.

Gail received the award at the ceremony which took place on 29 March 2006.

Recent news

  • 2007 Special Needs Bestseller by LibraryJournal.com

    Will's Choice listed as a 2007 Special Needs Bestseller by LibraryJournal.com

  • Newsweek Magazine, July 16, 2007, "Trouble in a 'Black Box,"

    Gail is quoted in this Newsweek article which suggests that the black box warning on antidepressants for teens and young adults may have had an adverse effect on prescribing practices. Griffith says, "If" I had known how much the label would rattle parents, I wouldn't have voted for it [the black box warning]." In December 2006, the FDA's psychopharmacological committee voted 6 to 2 to extend the black box labelling to young persons up to twenty-four years of age. Griffith voted against extending the label to include this larger constituency, siting the extraordinary vulnerability of this population and the disastrous consequences of failing to treat depression.

  • FDA names Gail griffith consumer representative to the Psychopharmacologica Drug Advisory Committee

    In August 2007, Gail was named consumer representative to the Food and Drug Administration's Psychopharmalogical Drug Advisory Committee for a four year term.

  • Will's Choice reviewed on American Association of Suicidology website, Summer 2007

    Will's Choice: A suicidal teen, a desperate mother, and a chronicle of recovery by Gail Griffith (2006) Reviewed by Judy R. Kletter. Go to: http://www.suicidology.org/ and click on "bookstore" AAS reviewed books.

  • Keynote spaker at 2007 American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Meeting

    On October 3, Gail will deliver the keyntoe address to the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, meeting in Kissimmee, Florida. She will recount how her family came to terms with the suicide attempt of her teenage son.

  • Radio interviews 2006

    Over the course of the summer, Gail was interviewed about teen depression and Will's Choice for the following live radio programs: What's Going On? June 9th WLYU- Vidalia, Georgia Jeff Brucculeri Show, June 21st KAKC-AM - Tulsa, Oklahoma Kris McGregor, June 22nd Spirit 88.9 FM KVSS - Omaha, Nebraska Greg Berg Show, June 23rd WGTD-FM - Madison, Wisconsin Ron Thulin Show, June 27th KAHL San Antonio KGAB, Wyoming, Friday, July 7th North Dakota Public Radio on "Access to Healthcare Issues" interviewed September 23, by Sarah Morrau.

  • Suicide Prevention Action Network

  • 2006 Tipper Gore Remember the Children Award

    Gail was honored with the "Tipper Gore: Remember the Children Award," given by the National Mental Health Association at their annual meeting in June. For pictures of the ceremony, or details about NMHA's annual meeting, please visit their website, www.nmha.org.