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 24 Hour Hotline
Serving Buffalo and Erie Co.
716-834-3131
Kids Helpline
716-834-1144
1-877-KIDS-400
Chautauqua County Hotline
1-800-724-0461
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Depression, Self Injury and Suicide
- Depression does not always lead to suicide.
- Depression can be treated readily, and the success rate for treating depression is high.
- Counseling by a psychologist or other mental health professional may be enough to help.
- If a person needs medication, only a psychiatrist, a medical doctor with further studies in mental health, may prescribe it.
- Severe, suicide depression is a very real medical emergency.
- If you or someone you know is depressed, see that you or the person gets help before suicide thoughts can occur.
What should I know about depression?
- Depression is not the same as feeling “blue.”
- Being depressed does not mean you are “crazy.”
- No one knows why certain people get depressed.
- Heredity may be factor, but so are environment and events in a person’s life.
- We do know that depression starts with a biochemical imbalance in the brain.
- There are two types of depression: clinical depression and dysthymia.
- Clinical depression is the most severe.
Self Injury
- Desire to improve / relieve pain
- Pain is intermittent, gradually building to intolerable proportions
- Temporarily relieved through self injury (temporary escape)
Suicide
- Desire to terminate life
- Pain is seen as long term and perceived as unavoidable
- Perceived to be relieved only by death (permanent escape)
Differentiating Self Injury from Suicide
- Where did they injure?
Most injure in places that are non-lethal
- What did they tell you about their intent?
Most are very truthful about the injury
- Did they use their usual method of Injury?
Most stay in a comfort zone and injury in same place
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