Personal experiences of depression and recovery; an Internet resource for the public and policy makers

澳大利亚抑郁症社区的经济、健康、社会和个人成本构成了一个无疑具有重大意义的公共卫生问题。政策和公共领域的辩论都受到了阻碍，因为缺乏关于抑郁症潜在因素的全面、可靠的证据，更重要的是，缺乏从抑郁症中恢复的证据。从这个项目收集的数据将建立一个证据基础和一个平台，将关于抑郁症和康复的普通观点纳入目前关于抑郁症的论述中，成为基于网络的资源，向人们搜索关于抑郁症、其治疗和康复途径的信息。

The economic, health, a social and personal cost to the Australian community of depression constitutes a public health concern of undoubted significance. Debates in both policy and public arenas are hampered by a lack of comprehensive reliable evidence about factors underlying depression and more importantly recovery from depression. The data gathered from this project will establish an evidence base and a platform for incorporating lay perspectives on depression and recovery into the currently existing discourses on depression into web based resources providing information to people searching information about depression, its treatments and recovery pathways.