Suicide: The Correlation Between Depression And Suicide

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Depression and suicide
Although a great many people who are depressed don't murder themselves, untreated depression can build the danger of possible suicide. It is not remarkable for depressed people to have thoughts about suicide regardless of whether they plan to follow up on these considerations. Extremely depressed individuals regularly don't have the ability to harm themselves, yet it is the point at which their misery increases the energy in them and that they might will probably attempt suicide.(NA,2016. ) University of California Santa Cruz.)
And here are many statistics about suicide:
-The death rate from suicide (11.3 per 100,000 population)
-Major depressive disorder affects approximately 14.8 million American adults, or about 6.7

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