Depression Treatment Can Help Save a Life

Depression treatment can help save a life. Untreated depression is one of the top reasons for suicide. Every year, more than 1.1 million Americans attempt killing themselves in United States. If you are an American there is a 1 in 14 chance that you will know someone who'll kill themselves this year. Worldwide the problem is even worse, since there are close to 20 million suicide attempts made every year worldwide. To make it easier to visualize, just imagine the entire population of Australia trying to kill themselves every year. The reason depression is one of the top causes for suicide, is because for someone who is depressed, even the smallest bumps in the road can lead to potential suicide attempts.

The first step to depression disorder treatment is to make sure the person in question doesn't try killing themselves before they are cured and the medicine has the chance to fix them. So if you know someone who you think is depressed(even if it's only mild), you need to learn suicide warning signs so that you can catch when the person becomes suicidal and starts planning for a suicide attempt. This way you can avoid being 1 out of 14 Americans who'll know a person who'll kill themselves this year.

If you yourself are depressed, you should know that if your depression is untreated, it can make you become suicidal in the future, so you need to provide a suicide warning signs guide to someone who you see day in and day out(a parent, a spouse, a family member or even a friend)...so that they can stop you from taking your life before your problem can be fixed.

Treating depression (includes children depression treatment), usually involves drugs. Unfortunately almost all of these drugs have suicide as a side effect, so you need to pay special attention to the suicide warning signs even when the person is taking the pills. Only after they've been on the mental depression treatment pills for a while (2-3 months) can you start lowering your vigilance for potential suicide attempts. Just make sure that they continue taking the pills, since there is a very high risk for suicide any time the person's drug dosage is changed. Never let them quit the anti-depression medicine cold turkey, since that time is the highest risk for suicide. This goes double for people who are going through mild depression treatment success, and think that they are "cured". So if that's the case, pay extra attention to all the suicide warning signs.

Click here to get the most comprehensive guide on suicide prevention with more than 200 suicide warning signs and learn to avoid becoming 1 in 14 Americans who'll lose someone (a child/a spouse/a relative/a friend) to suicide this year.