RE Ruby Wax on Today this am (at 1 hr 44 mins, here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23663295)
and Giles Fraser here (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2013/aug/09/pills-unhappiness-reinforces-sad-human)
Comment is free : http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/12/depression-unhappiness-antidepressants-overprescribed

http://jaha.ahajournals.org/content/2/2/e000068.full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15920049
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/77/
http://www.bmj.com/content/339/bmj.b3999
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2629838/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734353/

I recommend www.scottishrecovery.net
and don’t forget the http://www.samaritans.org/.

Mental illness is one of the most rewarding conditions to be privileged to help people with. People can and do get better. Please don’t be put off seeking help.