I want to know the symptoms of depression. I am stressed a lot and sometimes feel that its better to die. But because I am a fighter, I compose myself and face the problem. Sometimes even small issue triggers the stress levels and I feel life to be useless. Kindly guide. Thanks.
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?Depression is a major public health problem as a leading predictor of functional disability and mortality. ?Optimal depression treatment improves outcome for most patients. ?Most adults with clinical significant depression never see a mental health professional but they often see a primary care physician. ?A non?psychiatric physician 50% of times misses the diagnosis of the depression. ?All depressed patients must be enquired specifically about suicidal ideations. ?Suicidal ideation is a medical emergency ?Risk factors for suicide are psychiatric known disorders, medical illness, prior history of suicidal attempts or family history of attempted suicide. ?The demographic reasons include older age, male gender, marital status (widowed or separated) and living alone. ?About 1 million people commit suicide every year globally. ?Around 79% of patients who commit suicide contact their primary care provider in the last one year before their death and only one-third contact their mental health service provider. ?Twice as many suicidal victims had contacted their primary care provider as against the mental health provider in the last month before suicide. ?The risk of suicide increases with increase in age; however, young adults and adolescents attempt suicide more than the older. ?Females attempt suicide more frequently than males but males are successful three times more often. ?The highest suicidal rate is amongst those individuals who are unmarried followed by those who are widowed, separated, divorced, married without children and married with children in descending order. ?Living alone increases the risk of suicide. ?Unemployed and unskilled patients are at higher risk of suicide than those who are employed. ?A recent sense of failure may lead to higher risk. ?Clinicians are at higher risk of suicide. ?Major risk for suicidal attempts is in psychiatric disorder, hopelessness and prior suicidal attempts or threats. High impulsivity or alcohol or other substance abuse increase the risk.
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