The mission of Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) is to spur cutting-edge neuroscience research into the origins, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of depression and related mood disorders such as postpartum depression, PTSD, anxiety, and suicide.

HDRF also aims to raise awareness of depression as a medical illness and to educate the public about the facts of depression.  We educate and inform in order to help remove the stigma that surrounds depression.

In 2010, HDRF launched its Depression Task Force (DTF) – an outstanding collaboration of seven leading scientists, at the frontiers of brain science, from different research institutions across the U.S. and Canada.  These scientists have developed an unprecedented research plan that integrates the most advanced knowledge in genetics, epigenetics, molecular biology, electrophysiology, and brain imaging. To accelerate breakthrough research, they share ongoing results, in real time, at a centralized data bank, the HDRF Data Center.

HDRF was founded in April 2006 by Audrey Gruss in memory of her mother, Hope, who suffered from clinical depression.

Every dollar raised goes directly to research.