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British Medical Bulletin 57:221-224 (2001)
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Stigma of depression – a personal view

Lewis Wolpert

Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK

Depression is a serious illness of which I and other patients should not be ashamed but this is hard to avoid. The stigma of depression is different from that of other mental illnesses and largely due to the negative nature of the illness that makes depressives seem unattractive and unreliable. Self stigmatisation makes patients shameful and secretive and can prevent proper treatment. It may also cause somatisation. A major contributing factor is that depression for those who have not had it is very hard to understand and so can be seen as a sign of weakness. Openness by depressives and education in schools could help.


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