Churchill known as depression his Black Puppy, and in tough environments this significant sickness can spiral down into disability and early death. I am glad that all our function in the 1990s Defeat Depression campaign to train GPs to recognise and deal with depressed individuals even now bears fruit (Use of antidepressants exploded soon after fiscal crisis, study finds, 28 Could) and it is no surprise that more drugs are prescribed in Blackpool than in Brent. 3 very common experiences when depressed are helplessness (such as feeling trapped in a dead finish job with a bullying boss) worthlessness (such as feeling on society’s scrapheap) and hopelessness (feeling stuck in a neighbourhood for “losers”). The coalition’s policies on austerity (ie far more struggling is good for the bad), patricians and plebians (eg what Etonian wants to know the price tag of milk?) and housing (renting is for riff-raff) have manufactured a lot of folks come to feel helpless, worthless and hopeless for a lengthy time. Do we appear behind these statistics about pills and explode the depressing policies of despair?
Professor Woody Caan
Editor, Journal of Public Mental Well being, Cambridge
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