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This guide aims to help you cope with depression. It explains what depression is, what can cause it and some of the signs and symptoms you may experience if you are depressed. it has information on what treatments are available and how you can help yourself. Available in audio, easy to read and British Sign Language (BSL).

This Royal College of Psychiatrists leaflet is for any man who feels depressed and anyone whose husband, partner, brother, father and male friend seems depressed. It gives some basic facts about depression, how it can affect men, and how to get help.

This quality standard covers the clinical assessment and management of depression in adults (aged 18 and over). It includes adults with persistent subthreshold depressive symptoms or mild, moderate or severe depression, including those who also have a chronic physical health problem.

This guideline covers identifying and managing depression in adults aged 18 years and older, in primary and secondary care. It aims to improve care for people with depression by promoting improved recognition and treatment.

This guideline covers identifying and managing depression in children and young people aged between 5 and 18 years. It aims to improve recognition and assessment and promote effective treatments for mild, moderate and severe depression.

The NICE quality standard for depression in children and young people sets out what high-quality care in the NHS in England should include, so that the best care can be offered to children and young people with depression using NHS services in England.

This Royal College of Psychiatrists leaflet is written for people over 65 who have depression. It covers the symptoms of depression in older adults, how it can be helped and some suggestions for further reading.

DoLS ensures people who cannot consent to their care arrangements in a care home or hospital are protected if those arrangements deprive them of their liberty. Arrangements are assessed to check they are necessary and in the person’s best interests. Representation and the right to challenge a deprivation are other safeguards that are part of DoLS.

Information from Mind exlaining what dialectical behaviour therapy is, who it can help, what happens during therapy and how to access it.

DBT is a form of psychological therapy that is used to help people who are experiencing difficult emotions and stresses. It involves accepting that you have these thoughts and putting in place strategies to cope with them.