Those in the UK may be interested to learn of the "Outlook Depression Fellowship" organisation, founded in 1993 by someone called Geoff Thompson who had suffered terrible depression (survived several suicide attempts) for many many years, but never stopped looking for an answer. He honed his own "recovery plan", a kind of correspondence course of depression, and it's helped thousands of depression suffers since. I spotted one of their leaflets in my doctors surgery.

The Outlook "course" comprises many "modules" with literature and cassette tapes. Sadly it's not free, as it's not government funded and the organisation naturally has to be able to cover it's costs, or it could not exist at all. Participants are asked to contribute at a level they can afford, but the minimum is £15 a module (max 11 modules - you can cancel at any time), with £30 being the normal contribution. But £300, if you can afford it, seems a small price to pay to get your life back from depression. And Geoff REALLY understands what depression sufferers are going through as he was one.

Anyway, details are:

"Outlook is a non-profit making organisation backed by professionals. We have had great success in training thousands of depression sufferes thoughout the UK in how to control depression by using a self-help recovery plan. For a free info pack under no obligation call 0161-926-8480 "