Last night at The House of Commons, Norman Lamb MP kindly hosted the launch of the innvoative Depression, Disability and Employment report.
For the first time a mental health charity and a disability charity have come together, supported by the private sector, to collaborate on a report to explore whether viewing depression in terms of disability had the potential to improve people's opportunities for employment and other forms of social participation.
A staggering 97% of the people who took part in the research said that depression/anxiety had a substantial effect on their day to day activites; and 79% viewed their depression as a disability.
The report makes recommendations to policy makers, commissioners, front-line health and social service providers, employers, voluntary sector organisations and people living with depression.
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