Understanding Depression

“Gwendoline Smith is a courageous survivor of a severe affective disorder, who gives a unique and direct account of the experience and genuinely helpful examples of what other people can do to help a depressed person."
Guy Goodwin
Professor of Psychiatry, Oxford University, England

"… a practical, incisive, informative and luminous book… highly recommended."
 Gordon Parker
Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia

   
 
 
 


Gwendoline Smith is a registered Clinical Psychologist, with twenty years of clinical practice.

She is the author of two books, is a columnist and a regular guest on a talkback radio show and is a social commentator for the local media. She was the founder of a multi-million dollar nationwide de-stigmatisation campaign and is passionate about the need to educate sufferers and their families about mental illness, in particular depression.

She believes in de-stigmatisation and the demystification of the illness and it's treatment. Her passion and clear and concise ability to communicate to the layperson comes from her own experience of this debilitating disorder. She considers her personal experience of depression her most profound qualification.