Holiday Depression: Myth vs. Reality
‘The stress of the holidays can cause people at risk of depression to be more vulnerable. So is it true that suicides increase during the holidays?
Contrary to popular belief, the C-D-C said suicide rates are lowest during the winter and highest during the spring. Dr. Garry Vickar, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at Christian Hospital Northeast said, “If you tell me the rates are proven to be higher in the Spring, I’m going to say that’s because in spring time manic depression can be worse.”
Myth or fact: talking about suicide with a depressed person will provoke it. Dr. Garry Vicar said talking about suicide will not encourage a person to do it, because they’ve already made up their minds. Dr. Vickar said, “People who are thinking of suicide come to the determination and then decide when they are going to do it. Sometimes they will do it after a certain event because the concept of ‘Do I? or Don’t’ is such a dreadfully distressing one.”‘
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