Mental health campaigner Tom McAlpine, the father of Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine, dies

Tributes have already poured in for the Coronation Street star's father, who was chair of the mental health charity Moodswings

Mental health campaigner Tom McAlpine, the father of Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine, dies

Tributes have already poured in for the Coronation Street star’s father, who was chair of the mental health charity Moodswings

Pursuit of unhappiness: Most people with ‘depression’ are just a bit blue, claims expert

Most people with ‘depression’ are not medically ill and are actually just unhappy, according to a Manchester mental health boss.

Mancunians Google the search term ‘depression’ every two minutes, however a number of mental health professionals MM spoke to claimed this doesn’t necessarily mean they are depressed.

The findings, released by leading mental health rehabilation service The Priory Group, show that people in the city are searching for information on the topic more than 26,000 times a month.

But mental health experts in Manchester warn of the dangers of confusing unhappiness with depression, revealing that that 9