Provider Anna Freud Centre
Name Facing Shadows
Tackling the stigma around children's mental health problems is an issue the government, charities and young people have been working hard to address.
To help improve understanding of the issue, a group of young people decided to take the bold step of getting in front of the camera to make a short film about what it is like to live with depression.
The seven young people took part in the Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies - My Experience (Impact-Me) study, a research project run by the Anna Freud Centre, which is investigating depression in adolescence.
Lauren, aged 18, a group member, says the film was needed because "it is not a very open subject". "A lot of kids might not realise they are depressed until they watch the film as depression comes in all types and forms," she said. "It's not just if you cry you're depressed. You could be angry, anxious or worried. Depression is not bog-standard. It's different for every person, so it's important to watch the movie and realise that."
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