Youth Depression Network

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

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  • More outward bound activities

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    Alfred Perera

    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…

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  • Depression after Anorexia

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    Alfred Perera

    In the last few weeks I have been thinking about the way Anorexia affects some girl very severely. In our clinic most will recover after one year but a handful develop a chronic course with more preoccupation with anorexic thinking, voice hearing and a more depressive experience. Imagine a teenage girls or young woman in…

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  • Physician Health

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    Alfred Perera

    In the last few months I have been involved in teaching medical students because in the next 10 years I would like to give back some my learning through clinical experience back to the next generation of students and doctors. My wife and I are both doctors and we have looked back on our younger…

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  • The Nature of Depression. What is happening to our cells?

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    Alfred Perera

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/22/it-is-a-flaw-in-our-cell… I was reading the above Article by Dr Siddartha Mukherjee, who is an Oncologist at Columbia University Medical Centre. He has been remarkably open about his health issues and the problem of long term depression that does not seen to lift, His friend , Dr Paul Greengard, a Nobel Laureate, was able to think…

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  • Risk Assessment

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    Alfred Perera

    In my professional role I have had to assess the risk of suicide for over twenty years. A holistic understanding of the young person is required in terms of their personal life, education progress and life at home, in addition to the features of depression and anxiety disorders. In the forensic setting there is additional…

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