What We Seek to Accomplish Through the HealthyPlace.com Website

Over one million people a month come to HealthyPlace.com. Everyday, for the people who work here, our goal is to provide trustworthy information and useful resources for understanding, preventing and seeking appropriate treatment of mental health conditions. In addition, we have the HealthyPlace Mental Health Support Network, where our members journal about their experiences, post on condition-specific boards, chat and support each other. If you are a person with a mental health condition, or a family member or friend, we invite you to participate and become a part of the HealthyPlace community.

Background of HealthyPlace.com

HealthyPlace has been in existence since 1999. On February 1, 2009, we opened our redesigned website with expanded, highly relevant information on conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, alzheimer's disease, ADHD, parenting, relationships and self-injury. We also have new, unique tools in place like the HealthyPlace Mediminder (our medication reminder tool) and the HealthyPlace Mood Tracker, a specially designed mood journal that not only helps people with mood disorders keep track of their moods, but can also notify their doctor, therapist, family member or caregiver in case their levels of depression or mania reach dangerous levels. And there's the first of it's kind, HealthyPlace Mental Health TV Show, our live show where people share their personal stories of living with a psychological disorder and our viewers get to ask our Medical Director/Psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Croft, their personal questions.

HealthyPlace, Inc. - the Company

So you know, HealthyPlace is a privately held company started by people who are committed to the idea of reducing the stigma surrounding mental health and who feel that making authoritative mental health information available to the general public is a key part of achieving that goal. We are based in San Antonio, Texas.  Our revenues are generated through the sale of advertising on the HealthyPlace website. HealthyPlace is not owned or directed by companies that sell any products or medications. None of the articles are written or influenced by companies advertising on our website. All advertisements and sponsorships are clearly identified and labeled. (you can read our editorial and advertising policies) As a company and general policy of our website, we do not make any claims relating to the benefit or performance of a specific medical treatment, commercial product or service. We strongly believe that the individual and their healthcare provider should work in concert to determine what the best treatment is for that person's particular situation.

Here are just a few of the dedicated people behind HealthyPlace.com

Charles "Hop" Fuhrmann II - Chairman of HealthyPlace.com.  Mr. Fuhrmann is a former managing director of Merrill Lynch and has held key executive positions with several major U.S. companies. He graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA in finance.

Harry Croft, MD - Medical Director of HealthyPlace.com. Dr. Croft is a private practice psychiatrist from San Antonio, Texas who is triple board certified in: Adult Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, and Sex Therapy. He has also been the principal investigator in over four dozen clinical trials since 1986 and has published numerous papers in leading U.S. medical journals.

Patricia Avila - Website Manager and Editor, HealthyPlace.com. Ms. Avila has been with HealthyPlace since 2003. Prior to that, she was a website manager for a large internet design and programming firm. She also translated websites from English to Spanish. Ms. Avila was born, raised and educated in Mexico City, Mexico where she attended the Universidad Femenina de Mexico for three years.

Julie Fast - is the author of the "Gold Standard of Treating Depression" and "The Gold Standard of Treating Bipolar Disorder" on HealthyPlace.com. Ms. Fast, a best selling author of Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder, Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder and Get it Done When You're Depressed, is a critically acclaimed six-time author, national speaker, and sought after expert in the fields of bipolar disorder and depression.

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