Male Depression & Suicide

Depression is the common illness like any other general illness but sometimes depression can be so risky that it becomes responsible for triggering serious illness and negative impact in life. Suicidal death and suicide thinking are the most featured severe outcome of this depressive illness.

Both genders can by attacked by depression but suicide death is more common among men whereas suicide thinking is more frequent in women. Major depression manifests the men to involve in self destruction process and commit to suicide.

The major depressive disorder often brings severe outcomes in men’s life. Some unusual events and negative incident of life often bring depressive state. Such as, unemployment, divorce or separation, poor relationship with wife or girlfriend, job failure, study failure and so on.

Having unusual events in life does not mean that all men will certainly attacked by depression. Some men have the more mental capability to adjust with the difficulties of life and to overcome the signs of depression successfully.

But sometimes, these negative images may prove very difficult for someone and can put him to in a risky stage which can lead suicidal thoughts and suicidal death. Generally the suicidal rate is high for the age group between 15- 24 years and the age group between 65-75 years.

In recent years the rate of suicidal death has markedly increased among depressed male in all over the world. Suicidal death accounts for l in 100 people and the majority are men.

Though the reasons behind male suicide have not yet properly screened or explained but based on some in depth research the following features are found which can trigger suicidal death among men such as:

• Men choose the more lethal method as a process of suicide death.
• Men have fewer tendencies to express their depressive illness to others. As a result the male depression often goes undiagnosed and their family members and friends are often unaware about their depressive state.
• Comparing to women, men are reluctant to show their suicidal thought as a result other person are often unable to prevent them from suicidal death.
• Unemployment is one of the big factors which can lead the male for suicidal death.
• As male depression often goes undiagnosed, thus sometimes doctors are also being unable to recognize their depressive disorder and it ranges to high stage due to lack of proper treatment.
• Increased use of drugs or other chemical substance.
• The victims often kill themselves due to feeling of loneliness or less social contact. Feeling of loneliness can resulting from poor married relationship or lost of loved one.
• Men tend to be more financially solvent and strong than women. Due to unemployment or job failure males often have to financially dependent on his partner or others. And this financial dependency or financial difficulties increase the chances of the suicidal death among men.
• Severe illness or any other chronic illness also increases the risk of suicide.

But their suicide attempts could be prevented from. Male depression could be ranges to severe phase but it is successfully treatable. Proper treatments with timely diagnosis, observation, medications, therapy are must to help them to come out from major depressive disorder. Self help is also an effective treatment procedure for male.

Dear reader if you are experiencing major depressive disorder then immediately treat yourself with effective treatment, share your problems or mental difficulties with your friends or partner and seek for their help. Sharing your difficulties can be useful in reducing your stress. Or if you are related to with any man who has developed major depressive illness then you can also help him to rescue from depression.

You can help him by doing the following factors:

• Take him to the doctor at the primary stage of his depression that the doctor can thoroughly screen whether he is thinking about suicidal death or not.
• If require then hospitalize him and keep him under observation.
• Try to take care of his medications and reminds him to take antidepressant medicine properly.
• Make him understand or aware him about the negative outcome of suicide.