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Population promotion of informal self-help strategies for early intervention against depression and anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2005

ANTHONY F. JORM  and
KATHLEEN M. GRIFFITHS
ANTHONY F. JORM
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
KATHLEEN M. GRIFFITHS
Affiliation:
Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Abstract

Much of the burden of depression and anxiety in the population is attributable to subclinical symptoms. Broadening formal health-care systems to treat subclinical depression and anxiety is not the answer to reducing this burden, because health-care systems lack the resources even to provide optimal care to clinical cases. The solution proposed is the population-wide dissemination of informal self-help strategies that have evidence for effectiveness. These are highly acceptable to the public, easily applied, inexpensive and may avert the development of many clinical cases.

Type
Invited Review
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 3 - 6
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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