If you are in need of immediate support you can text 'Clacks' to 85258.
If you're worried about the safety of yourself or someone you know,
you can reach out to emergency services by calling 999 or 111.
What is it? Depression is more than simply feeling unhappy or fed up for a few days.
Most people go through periods of feeling down, but when you're depressed you feel persistently sad for weeks or months, rather than just a few days. Some people think depression is trivial and not a genuine health condition. They're wrong – it is a real illness with real symptoms. Depression is not a sign of weakness or something you can "snap out of" by "pulling yourself together".
Creative Therapeutic Interventions for Children Service - specialist interventions for children aged 5-9 that are accessed via the Staged Intervention process in schools