Welcome to Depend - Depression Support Network

My name is Ruth Lavery. This website has been set up as a direct result of my personal experiences as a depression sufferer. It is aimed specifically at those suffering clinical depression, but also provides support for all depression sufferers.

Depression is today's "plague", an epidemic of frightening proportions. Because it is so misunderstood and misrepresented, treatment and recovery are much more fraught with difficulties than with other, more percievable PHYSICAL illnesses.

I work with a group of trustees. Together we are working to defeat these unfair obstacles.

Please browse the entire website - the menu items are beneath the title graphic. Below is a brief description of the content in our following pages:

Information: 2 documents about Depression. 1) The Cantopher doument, written by one of our trustees, Dr Tim Cantopher, a leading psychiatrist in the field of depressive illness. ESSENTIAL reading.
2) 12 Essential facts about Depression.

About: What DEPEND is and does.

Support: Step by step guide

Contact: Links to other groups and how you can help us.

Search: A quick way to find what you need in our website.


"Pull yourself together"

"Get a Life"

"Get a grip"

"You'll get a reputation if you carry on like this"

"Other people are a lot worse off than you"

Would this advice mend a broken leg? No. And it won't mend Depression
either!