Youth Depression Network

Engaging with young people and their networks to see new pathways to recovery from depression

More outward bound activities

https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/25/young-people-offered-sur…

In this article this week I learnt about Dr Daisy Fancourt’s work in London related to supporting young people with depression and anxiety with social prescribing of activities for then to do when they are on a waiting list prior to being seen for CBT for depression or anxiety. Surfing is one of the activities on offer for social prescribing, which is when a health professional advises a particular activity for recovery from mental illness.

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