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Depression Campaign’s New Phase

The National Depression Initiative will enter a new phase when John Kirwan returns to promote self-management strategies for people with depression. To support the new campaign the Ministry of Health is launching a leading edge internet-based self-management programme.

The programme will be promoted in a series of television ads featuring JK talking about how he stays well. JK has teamed up with three mental health professionals to deliver the six-week programme in a series of video clip sessions. For many New Zealanders this will be their first introduction to an online programme of this kind. JK ‘coaches’ people through the programme and is joined by Dr Simon Hatcher, Elliot Bell and Dr Lyndy Matthews to cover the range of topics. Dr Hatcher has translated his expertise in Structured Problem Solving therapy into an accessible, user-friendly programme that people with mild to moderate depression can use on their own, or in the context of clinical treatment.