Depression-Description


 * Depression -- Description **

Over 20 million people in the United States have some form of depression. toc =How it happens= Depression-"A chronic mood disorder characterized by persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness and irritability."

"In 2007, it (depression) was the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for 34,598 deaths."

This is a chart showing the ways some people killed themselves 2007
 * ~ Suicide by: ||~ Males (%) ||~ Females (%) ||
 * Firearms || 56 || 30 ||
 * Suffocation || 24 || 21 ||
 * Poisoning || 13 || 40 ||

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