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Look ok…feel crap? is a campaign run by Depression Alliance Scotland to raise awareness of low mood and depression among young adults living in Scotland and to encourage them to seek help.

The World Health Organisation states that depression will be the second greatest disease burden in the Western World by 2020. (1) In Scotland, there are already significantly worrying indications of this:

1 in 5 of us will experience depression at some point in our lives.
1 in 10 of our young adults are living with depression right now.
Suicide is the biggest killer of young adults under the age of 35 years. Two people die from suicide each day. (2)

Depression Alliance Scotland is working towards a future where depression is recognised, understood and acknowledged to be a common and treatable medical condition, just like any other. We are striving to ensure that those affected by depression and their carers are provided with the information, support, understanding and care needed for the best quality of life.

We need to work together to change these disturbing statistics.

To learn more about DAS and our work please visit our website: www.dascot.org.

Download our National Depression Week 2008 Press Release

(1). Information and Statistics Division Scotland - continuous morbidity recording 2004.
(2). http://www.chooselife.net/Statistics/Statistics.asp

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