Joady McManus

FAMILIES TALKING DEPRESSION’s mission is to be the champion of the partner, family members and friends of anxiety and depression sufferers in the community, the system and the home.

I was always socially aware and community minded but when my husband was admitted to a mental health facility, the need to become involved in a social cause and the local community became apparent. The way I was taken for granted, made me realise that if it was happening to me, it was happening to others.

I now have taken this cause to heart and am involved in advocacy for carers of loved ones in mental distress. I am strongly involved in the Southwest Sydney mental health advocacy community as well as starting my own social enterprise, an online support group, FAMILIES TALKING DEPRESSION.