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Article #173: Depression And Suicide

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Eighteen year old Catherine had is discovered to be at risk for suicide.
everything: the most supportive family, a The next most common method for men is
loving boyfriend, awesome set of friends hanging where as drug overdose or
and a comfortable life. But all of these self-poisoning is the second most common
things took a backseat when she was suicidal method for the women.
diagnosed with depression. From the Other than depression, there are other
bubbly chatterbox that she was, she risk factors for suicide:
morphed into a melancholic girl who had 1. Impulsivity. There are people out who
nothing in mind but to kill herself. do things on a whim. If one has a gun in
"There is nothing left to live for. I'm hand, he might shoot himself out of an
worthless and hopeless." That statement impulse.
ran in her head over and over again. She 2. Traumatic life events. A death of a
wanted to jump off the bridge or drink loved one, financial rut or other
formaldehyde on a whim. adversity might compel a person to kill
She was suicidal. him or herself.
It took a lot of trips to the doctor and 3. History of suicide in the family.
support from her family and friends There is such a thing as "suicide
before Catherine bounced back to contagion" in which a person is exposed
normalcy. Now, the melancholia and to suicides and suicidal attempts often.
suicidal thoughts are gone. She has just This can become a risk factor for killing
finished college and is about to start onself.
her dream job. 4. Family violence If one is physically
Suicide is defined as the act of killing or sexually abused, he or she might turn
oneself intentionally. It stems from to suicide to end the ordeal.
severe depression, an illness that 5. Suicide attempt before He has done it
intervenes with the mental, physical and before, why not do it again?
emotional aspect of a person. 6. Alcohol and drug abuse An alcoholic or
The majority of depressed people do not drug addict will reach a point when he
actually die from suicide. But depression will have no qualms on killing himself.
does trigger a higher suicidal risk. New Depression is a problem that has to be
data has reported that two percent of uprooted to keep suicidal thoughts at
depressed people who have received bay. If a person is suicidal, it is a
treatment for depression in an outpatient must that he receives professional
scenario might die by suicide. Four treatment. Usually, those who are
percent of those who were treated in an thinking of killing themselves do not
inpatient hospital setting might also die know they need help.
by the same method. Those who have Preventing suicide is no easy feat,
suicidal attempts before are also likely either. It is in this light that a broad
to die by suicide later on. Another and extensive suicide prevention program
research shows that 7 percent of men with must be established. These programs must
a history of depression will eventually zero in on the treatment of depression
kill themselves whereas only 1 percent of and drug abuse. Before being launched to
women with history of depression will do. the public, they must be scientifically
Those who have had mood disorders commit assessed and tested first for
suicide. The clinically depressed younger effectiveness and safety. They must also
ones often turn to substance abuse to be extensive and complex enough so that
kill themselves. the effects will last a long time and
The most common method of suicide is by eventually banish all suicidal thoughts.
the use of firearms, as it makes up the They must also be carried out according
60 percent of suicides. From a study of to the age, culture and gender of the
the National Institute of Mental Health, suicidal patients.
about 80 percent of white males commit Depression and suicide do go together,
suicide by shooting themselves. This but if one works hard to combat
pushes the resolve that a firearm must be depression thoughts of suicide will be
removed from the home if a family member banished.






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