Dragonfly Mental Health

ALT Can't attend? Purchase a virtual ticket and receive a recording of the event! From knowledge to impact: advancing mental health literacy. October 6th, 5-7pm.

ALT Annual Fundraiser: Keynote Speaker Glenda Wrenn Gordon, MD, MSHP, DFAPA. Special Guest: Major General Gregg F. Martin, PhD, USA (Ret.) (with images of both).

ALT Text: Purchase Tickets for Dragonfly Mental Health's Annual Fundraiser: From Knowledge to Impact - Advancing Mental Health Literacy October 6th 5PM-7PM. Image: QR Code to Scan.

ALT Discussions: Dragonfly Asks the Experts... Dr. Reza Hosseini Ghomi, MD, MSE, presents "Your Brain on Academia: What Burnout Does to Your Neurons, and What Reverses It". September 23rd, 12pm ET, 6pm CEST. Scan the QR Code or click the link to register today!

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon of laptop showing YouTube page containing Dragonfly's custom anti-stigma film. Text encourages reader to watch the video.

ALT Dragonfly Mental Health logo in top left, Giving Challenge logo in bottom right, with two images of Senaida Hernandez Santana, PhD. Text: "I’m donating to Dragonfly because science is demanding, and the people who do it deserve real support. Just like athletes have physios when they get hurt, scientists should have strong resources for mental well-being." Quote from: Senaida Hernandez Santana, PhD.

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon points the reader toward the recently published paper detailing this anti-stigma work. Text contains a quote from Richard Harland PhD, Film Participant, UC Berkeley, Dean of Biological Sciences, reflecting on his experience participating in Dragonfly's custom anti-stigma film.

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon of individual speaking at a podium. Text explains the power of first person storytelling, the research that backs the practice, and the results showing it effectively disrupts stereotypes and increases empathy. In this way, Dragonfly's anti-stigma film uses storytelling as a catalyst for cultural change.

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon depicts individuals discussing ways to achieve targets. Text explains how stigma can be reduced through educational efforts and contact-based intervention, and how these strategies needed to be tested in academic settings - a goal which our custom anti-stigma film accomplished.

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon depicts several individuals getting unequal shares of the available resources. Text explains the impact of stigma in academia on the education and career trajectory of academics with mental illness, which in turn can result in self-stigma that leads to hidden struggles and shame.

ALT Yellow background. 2026 Giving Challenge logo to the left. Save the date! April 15-16, 2026, Noon to Noon ET. Celebrating the 10th Giving Challenge.

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon depicts an individual being isolated and talked about. Text explains what stigma is - a combination of negative reactions based on a specific attribute, and how this can be seen in academic communities that portray those with mental illness as unreliable, difficult to work with, or even dangerous.

ALT Light purple background. Top right: Dragonfly Mental Health and Z Zurich Foundation logos. Icon of hunched individual, head in their hands. Text explains that stigma is the #1 barrier to seeking care, the professional risks of disclosing mental illness, and the custom first-person narrative based anti-stigma approach we developed to combat stigma.