1. Sight loss and depression Tom Margrain Sharon Beckett

4. Depression is a serious illness

5. Grief isn’t depression

6. Ischaemic heart disease Cerebrovascular disease Dementia Alcohol Use Disorders Hearing loss, adult onset Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Diabetes Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers Road traffic accidents Depression

7. 1 in 10 people will experience depression

8. How can we identify depression?

9. During the last month have you been feeling down, depressed or hopeless? During the last month have you often been bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing things?

10. Treatment is very effective

12. What works best for people with a visual impairment?

14. DEPVIT research team in Wales Dr Barbara Ryan Prof Rhiannon Tudor-Edwards Dr Tom Margrain Dr Danny SmithMs Julia ShearnMiss Claire Nollett

15. Professor Miles Stanford, London Dr Mark Hegel, USA Dr Robin Casten, USA