Mental Disorders: The Cause Of Suicide

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Jared Lougher, a 27 year old male who has had a deteriorating mental state for years, was involved in the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Tucson, Arizona. Injuring and killing a total of 13 innocent civilians, Jared was detained. Before the shooting, Jared had posted threats and had been ranting for many months. No one paid any attention. It was lucid that this man was deranged. No one reached out to him. With some orthodox attention these circumstances could have been avoided. Others may have argued that Jared was just begging for attention, and they were completely right. People who suffer from mental illnesses suffer from these conditions for reasons that we are unable to understand and they are unable to express accordingly. …show more content…
Whether it be depression, anxiety, or schizophrenia they are all daunting diseases, manipulating your mental state and driving you insane. Suicide has been amongst the top 15 most common deaths, 90% of those deaths due to mental illnesses. Depression has taken a bigger toll on suicide than any other mental disorder. Depression is a mood altering disease causing you to be sad or uninterested. Younger people who are in highschool and college usually suffer from depression more than anyone. Dealing with their everyday lives may be, to say the least troubling. For people who are unable to handle everyday life and responsibilities it could be too much. Everyone doesn’t have a way to cope, this is why counseling and psychologist are needed. In most cases people become fed up and through with life this is where suicide takes its course. Doctors have tried prescribing antidepressants and stimulants to help their mood. The initial treatment should be to hospitalize the patient and take into consideration that this isn’t something that goes away over time. When doctors prescribe drugs the harsh side effects may cause an even higher rate of depression. Side effects are usually a significant gain of weight due to craving food more than normal, ruining your sex drive, and fatigue. These three factors may ruin a persons day. These people should be sat aside from the real world and taught better strategies on how to cope …show more content…
Notice that most people are noticeably crazy or psycho once they reach rock bottom. These people aren’t given the help to better themselves, because they don’t qualify as disabled or their aren’t enough facilities to hospitalized them long enough.
Some people believe that people who are mentally ill require too much money and are attention seeking. They feel that they have to “babysit” them in order for them to act accordingly. They are not wrong when they say that providing health care for them is expensive. Public mental health has caused a dent of nearly 1.6 billion dollars, but not providing for them takes an even bigger economic toll of 100 billion dollars a year. This money is lost in productivity, untreated patients result in schools opening more special education classes and court and jail systems retaining an extra amount of