Depression
It's not a joke.
Depression- intense feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness
- over 17.5 million people have depression
- 9.2 million have major or clinical depression
- Depression appears twice as often in woman
- more than 1 million teens are depressed each year
- 1 out of 8 teens are depressed
Depression can lead to suicide.
- in 2007, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death
- untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide
- per every eleven suicide attempts, one suicide occurs
- four times as many males as females die from suicide attempts
- Firearms, suffocation, and poison are the most common methods of suicide