Scottish National Depression Week 2008
Look OK...Feel Crap?

Welcome to the Scottish National Depression Week 2008 page. This year we focussed on our Look OK.... Feel Crap? campaign. Although the week is now over, the campaign is continuing and there are are still plenty of things going on, keep reading to find out more!

Website Launch
DAS on the Town
DAS on You Tube
New Factsheets
Living Life to the Full Group

Website Launch - www.lookokfeelcrap.org  

Since the launch of the Look OK.Feel Crap? campaign in June 2007, increasing numbers of people are visiting our website looking for information and support for low mood and depression. Some 151% more in fact.

Our response to that statistic is the website www.lookokfeelcrap.org - a dedicated campaign site about low mood and Depression in young adults. Our aim with the website is to reach people who may not use traditional services such as the phoneline or self-help support groups and to move towards an online service that encourages and supports people. 

The website is also the first step in taking our successful campaign, which has been piloted in Lothian, Scotland-wide.  By going online, we can reach a lot more people throughout Scotland.

DAS on the Town

If you're in Edinburgh and the Lothians, look out for our advert on the side of buses and on taxis.

We are also part of the Lothian Alliance Against Depression campaign currently running on the back of buses using our Mother, Father, Son, Daughter, Brother, Sister, Lover, Friend....You? materials

We're also on You Tube!

New Factsheets

Our new factsheets were also launched during National Depression Week. They are now available to download and order.   There are six factsheets:

• Caring for Carers - When a Friend or Family Member has Depression
• Depression and Older People
• Sleep
• Food and Mood
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender - Me and My Mental Health
• Depression at Christmas - A Survival Guide

Sign up for Living Life to the Full

Living Life to the Full is a series of structured groups, each involving eight sessions based on a cognitive behavioural self-help approach. You can have a look at the materials on http://www.livinglifetothefull.com/ . By attending a group, people will learn useful skills for overcoming stress and anxiety, build confidence and importantly, learn new ways to tackle difficult situations. The groups will cover issues such as understanding why we feel as we do, problem solving, relaxation, overcoming reduced activity, changing unhelpful thinking, helpful and unhelpful behaviour and healthy living.  The groups are free. There are no groups planned at the moment but sign up for our email bulletin to be kept informed about future groups.

We regret we are only funded to run these groups for 18 - 35 year olds. If you are not in this age group, you can join one of our self-help support groups . You can also do the Living Life to the Full course online for free.