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The impact of the Defeat Depression campaign

University College London Medical School

Bob Baldwin

Consultant Psychiatrist for the Elderly, York House, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester M13 9BX

Elizabeth Collins, Research Worker

Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex

Cornelius Katona, Professor of Psychiatry of the Elderly

University College London Medical School, London WC1

^* Correspondence: Dr M. Orrell, Department of Psychiatry, Princess Alexandra Hospital Harlow, Essex CM20 1QX.

A postal questionnaire survey of nearly a thousand doctors investigated their awareness of the Defeat Depression campaign. Nearly all the consultant psychiatrists had heard of the campaign compared to less than half of the geriatricians and the general practitioners (GPs). Just over half of the psychiatry trainees had heard of the campaign. GPs who had not heard of the campaign were also less likely to continue antidepressant treatment beyond three months after recovery, less familiar with the psychological therapies, and less confident about treating depression in the elderly. The campaign may benefit from an increased emphasis on doctors other than psychiatrists.

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