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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Nicholas Fearn

I recovered from depression – and went on to help create a mental health app

Man creating statistics in modern office. He working on digital devices while sitting at table and turning back to camera
Input from patients helps software developers design digital products that better address their needs. Photograph: YakobchukOlena/Getty Images

When 49-year-old former IT professional Graham Wright suffered a bout of depression a decade ago, he enrolled on an online course aimed at alleviating his symptoms.

Initially, Wright was doubtful that a digital solution would help him overcome depression. But, with nothing to lose, he gave the online course a go and found it made a difference in the end. “Often the tasks I was asked to undertake were obvious,” he says. “But it was in doing them that the recovery came.”

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