In eight pages this paper examines suicide in terms of what it means and how it may be treated. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.
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complex; however, for the vast majority of those who either attempt or succeed, depression serves to be the catalyst of death. Bibliography lists 6 sources. TLCsucid.rtf
SUICIDE: NATURE AND TREATMENT by (c) October 2001 paper properly! I. INTRODUCTION Suicide is a
topic of conversation, like other unpleasant subject matter, is typically avoided at all costs. This knee-jerk response is both understandable and dangerous at the same time, inasmuch as it
does not address the importance of prevention. The reasons that people commit suicide are varied and complex; however, for the vast majority of those who either attempt or succeed,
depression serves to be the catalyst of death. II. NATURE/CAUSE Considered for decades to be a disease of the insane, depression has finally been recognized for the debilitating and
emotionally unbalancing illness it truly is. With an astounding fifteen million Americans suffering from clinical depression -- a full five percent of the entire United States population - the
disease can no longer be looked upon as merely the blues. Additionally, another five percent are victims of occasional despondency, with one of every six people succumbing to a
"serious, or major depressive episode at some point in life" (Anonymous, 2001). Depression often hits the elderly more than any other age group; however, with each passing year the
average age of sufferers continues to drop. "...Depression in young people is on the rise" (Anonymous, 2001). While depression causes people to view the world in a warped perspective,
that is not to say that they cannot function in such a manner that masks their disease. In fact, nearly three-quarters of all people who suffer from depression are