Guys may I have your attention for a moment.
This is by design.
There is no doubt those who are on benefits will become depressed more faster than those working.
If a person is on ESA-WRAG or Job Seekers Allowance they are subject to compulsory workfare, vocational training, job search skill training, job searching and job centre interviews. After a year of 12 hour shifts a day with no rest & rubbish pay; people on Job Seekers Allowance might become depressed. If they do then they will be given mental health therapy and as Moosferatu says "pilled up to their eyeballs on antidepressants and tranquilizers". And if they miss the mental health therapy because they where depressed they get sanctioned! Fair system? Not!
This policy is none other than a way to get rid of the workfare slaves who cannot function.
Anti-depressants don't really work. They just hide your real feelings under a artificial hum of chemicals. And no one really gets better on anti-depressants. They actually get worse since the main condition is left untreated. I can't see IDS or the DWP spending huge amounts of money on social counselling for people who are depressed. They would prefer the cheaper method.
Feeling depressed? Don't see the point in living any more? It's okay the job centre will help you! We'll squeeze every last bit of economic worth out of you by Dr IDS injecting you with a multitude of funny farm jabs to make into a mindless slave that stacks shelves at Poundland.
And while your suffering in misery and gradually fading away we at the DWP can't wait till you make a mistake like not attend a mental health therapy session because we'll sanction you for life and throw you on the scrap heap.
Vote Tory!