NIMH: Majority of suicides result of depression
‘More than 90 percent of people who kill themselves have a diagnosable mental disorder — most commonly a depressive disorder or a substance abuse disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Police announced last week that philanthropist and publisher Philip Merrill shot himself aboard his boat on the Chesapeake Bay. In a statement released to the press, Merrill’s family said they noticed his spirits were “dimmed” in the previous weeks, but they said they could have never predicted he would take his own life.
Mental health experts say that not all people who are suicidal display easily detectable signs of depression before they kill themselves.
Donna Rasin-Waters, Ph.D., chair of the American Psychological Association’s policy committee on clinical geropsychology, said people who are about to commit suicide may actually show improved mood.’
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