If someone you love has clinical depression, there is a strong risk that they will at some point think about suicide. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, about 30% of all people with clinical depression will attempt suicide, and about 15% will ultimately succeed in taking their own life. Although a more recent estimate places the risk of completed suicide significantly lower, at 3.5%, the risk of suicide should still
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Prevention, Suicide
After giving birth, about 30% to 80% of women will experience “baby blues,” feeling mild depression, weepiness, irritability, fatigue and moodiness. These mood changes occur in response to the hormonal changes that follow childbirth and rapidly resolve within hours or days.
About 10% of women, though, will go through postpartum major depression (PMD), experiencing more severe, lasting symptoms. Good self-care and support from family
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depression, Postpartum, Prevention
In Wyoming, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for youths aged 15-19. That is why the department of health is beginning a new program with public and private partners to help address the role of schools in youth suicide prevention.
“Because we are a community here in Wyoming it hurts us all when our youth lose faith in their future and c
onsider suicide as their only option,” says Keith Hotle, suicide prevention
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Engage, Leaders, Prevention, Program, School, Suicide, Teen
