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Dan Reidenberg, PsyD
Dr. Dan Reidenberg is the Founder of Safe Online Standards, which he developed and launched at The Mental Health Coalition, and he is the Director of Thrive, the only cross-industry technology collaboration for suicide, self-harm and mental health. He is the Managing Director of the National Council for Suicide Prevention and a subject matter expert on the Consultant Roster to the World Health Organization. He serves on several national and international editorial boards.
He has presented to over 375,000 people in 14 countries and has written more than 60 articles and 7 book chapters on suicide and mental health. Dr. Reidenberg was the first to bring the technology companies together in 2006 to develop suicide prevention and mental health related tools and the best practices for technology companies. He wrote several best practice tools for the media, was co-lead editor of the World Health Organization's Media Guide for Reporting on Suicide (2017 and 2023) and the WHO Guide for Entertainment Industry Depictions on Mental Health and Suicide. Dr. Reidenberg developed an evidence-based suicide prevention program for schools and several other suicide prevention programs.
Dr. Reidenberg has received numerous awards including the Service to Humanity Award, the Service to Suicidology Award; he was recognized as a Champion of Change by The Obama Administration, and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and was recognized with the prestigious Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr. Reidenberg has been interviewed by major media including: CNN, Larry King, Good Morning America, Good Morning Europe, Headline News, Inside Edition, PBS, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the LA Times, Huffington Post and Huffington Post Live, Time, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, US News, The Canadian Broadcast Association, ABC, NBC, BBC and radio in Australia, Russia, Canada and the UK.