No, Blue Monday is not the "most depressing day of the year", it was thought up by a part-time tutor of self-help evening classes for an opportunistic travel firm. Depression is not seasonal and saying so trivialises the complexity of clinical depression that is too often misrepresented by the media.
So here are some tips and advice from the charity Mind, and the below video from anti-stigma campaigners Time to Change – worth remembering next time, or any time, you need to refer to mental health issues in your reporting.
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