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Annotated patient-voice sources

Peer-reviewed

  • Kerr C, et al. The lived experience of major and treatment-resistant depression in England: a mixed-methods study. Acta Psychologica. 2023. PMID 37734244 — direct lived-experience study; English service context.
  • Mancini M, et al. Major Depression as a Disorder of the Narrative Self: A Qualitative Study. 2024. PMID 38776880 — qualitative identity/narrative analysis; not prevalence evidence.
  • Cuijpers P. The patient perspective in research on major depression. BMC Psychiatry. 2011. PMID 21592336 — methodological argument for patient priorities in research.
  • Thornicroft G, et al. Undertreatment of people with major depressive disorder in 21 countries. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2017. PMID 27908899 — service-access context rather than qualitative testimony.
  • Rothmore J. Antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction. Medical Journal of Australia. 2020. PMID 32172535 — adverse-effect context.
  • Davies J, Read J. Antidepressant withdrawal effects. Addictive Behaviors. 2019. PMID 30292574 — systematic review with contested heterogeneous estimates.

Public organization sources

  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance — https://www.dbsalliance.org/ — peer support and education; accessed 2026-08-30.
  • Mind — https://www.mind.org.uk/ — information, rights and services; accessed 2026-08-30.
  • Beyond Blue — https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ — Australian information/support; accessed 2026-08-30.
  • South African Depression and Anxiety Group — https://www.sadag.org/ — South African helplines/support; accessed 2026-08-30.
  • Mental Health America — https://mhanational.org/ — screening, education, policy; accessed 2026-08-30.

October 2026 public-organization material

  • Mind — “World Mental Health Day 2026”, https://www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/world-mental-health-day/, accessed 2026-10-15. The campaign calls for same-day open access and addresses waiting lists and feeling unheard. This documents an advocacy priority; it does not establish that the proposed service model improves depression outcomes. No individual story details were retained.
  • Mental Health America — “MHA awareness calendar 2026”, https://mhanational.org/mha-awareness-calendar-2026/, accessed 2026-10-15. Lists October Depression Awareness Month and National Depression Screening Day. A public-awareness/screening campaign is not evidence of improved clinical outcomes.

DBSA, Beyond Blue and SADAG homepages were also fetched on 2026-10-15. No additional condition-specific material from those homepage checks was retained. This is a limited public-source sweep, not representative sampling of lived experience.

2026-10-22 homepage recheck

  • Beyond Blue — homepage, https://www.beyondblue.org.au/, accessed 2026-10-22. The page describes a sixth-year Australia Post partnership that plans to send 4 million Connection Postcards to rural and regional households, asking people to contact someone they care about. This is a public-connection campaign. It is not evidence that the mailing changes depression outcomes. No individual story was retained.
  • Mind, Mental Health America, DBSA, and SADAG homepages were fetched the same day. Mind’s homepage led with a Free Wills Month fundraising notice. MHA’s homepage described an organizational position on artificial intelligence in mental health. Neither item is a new depression-specific campaign, and neither was added as outcome evidence. DBSA and SADAG homepages did not add a further condition-specific campaign beyond the October 15 notes.

Coverage limits

This source set is not geographically or linguistically representative. It contains little direct evidence from Asia, Latin America, francophone Africa, the Middle East, Indigenous communities, people without internet access, people in institutions, or those who disengaged from care. No private social-media posts were collected. Future work should add locally led qualitative studies and non-English organizations only after direct verification.