Suicide (for extra credits)

Suicide

 Of all the complications of untreated depression, suicide is the most tragic. It has often been called "a permanent solution to a temporary problem". In the midst of depression it can begin to look like the only option left.
  Depressed people who take their own lives do so because they are enduring unbearable psychological pain and perceive that there are no more options available to them. Physical pain can also trigger suicidal feelings, built pain of psychological origin can be just as, if not more, intense.
 Some distinction has been made between "suicide attempters" and "suicide completers". Suicide attempters are likely to be female and generally attempt suicide by taking an overdose of medication. Suicide completers, by contrast, are more often male and tend to use more lethal means. Both genders, however, may fall within either of these groups. Suicdie threats should always been taken very seriously. They are a cry for help.
 The primary risk factors that have been identified for completed suicdes are major depression, substance abouse, severe personality disorders, male gender, older age, living alone, physical illness, and previous suicide attempts. Chronic pain and illness have also been associated with suicide.