Take This is a mental health advocacy organization with a focus on the video game industry and community - the first and oldest, in fact! The work of nonprofit organizations is about changing the world – making it better – and that impetus usually comes from something personal – something that really hits close to home. In the case of Take This, it was the suicide of game journalist Matt Hughes on October 30, 2012, which rocked his professional community, just as it rocked his friends and family. Fostering Wellbeing in Gaming As our founding clinical director, Dr. Mark Kline, noted, the founders realized that this was the moment to really foc...
