Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Dangerous depression: The warning signs, by GCC Prof. Kevin Handley


Depression and suicide ...


From today's Free Lance-Star:
By Kevin B. Handley


MOST PEOPLE think of physical illness when asked about the most common causes of death. But suicide, which is almost always the result of mental illness, is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States.

Among young people between the ages 10 and 24 years of age, suicide is the second leading cause of death.

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