27/09/2025
Last week, our clinical director Dr Fraser Smith was invited onto BBC Reporting Scotland to talk about depression.
The interview followed a deeply moving report about Scott Hastings, the former Scotland rugby international, whose wife tragically took her own life last year after living with depression for over two decades.
According to the NHS, around 1 in 6 adults experience symptoms of depression at some stage of their lives, and the Office of National Statistics has reported that rates of depression have increased in recent years.
On air, Fraser was able to touch briefly on treatment strategies, but there was much more he wanted to share and he's written an article here exploring the topic in more depth:
https://www.mapp-psychology.com/journal/depression
If you're looking for support with depression you can book a free consultation with a doctor at MAPP here:
https://www.mapp-psychology.com/121therapy