Downloads
On this page you can download resources which have been produced especially for the Mood Matters campaign.
This short leaflet introduces the Menu for Mood. How you feel emotionally affects your overall wellbeing. Many people think they just have to get on with it and put up with feeling down anxious or depressed but mood matters!
The menu offers suggestions to help you lift your mood and includes a mood rating scale so you can see if trying something different helps you to feel better.
Mood Matters (PDF file)This is a 12 page booklet with a longer menu for mood. The aim of the booklet is to help you identify small steps you can take to improve your mood and enable you to cope better with life’s ups and downs.
As part of the Mood Matters campaign we asked 643 people whether they thought depression can be prevented. The survey results highlight ovewhelming demand for depression prevention programmes for people in Scotland, with most people saying they thought at least some cases of depression can be prevented.