Okay, so he’s not a celebrity in the traditional sense, but Peter Ashenden is pretty darn well known around the mental health world.

How could he not be?

He’s the president of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), a member of numerous mental health boards and committees, travels the country as a keynote speaker, and has served as both a commissioner of the Certification Commission of the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) and the executive director for the Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP).

And he talked with me last month about the DBSA’s involvement with Blueprint for Hope, the new depression awareness and advocacy campaign also backed by ABC’s Paige Hemmis and the University of Louisville’s Dr. Jesse H. Wright.

Check it out: Peter Ashenden On the DBSA, Blueprint for Hope, and Passion

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