Causes of Suicide in Depression

　　The occurrence of depression can be said to be a very common mental illness, the occurrence of depression to patients and friends of the harm brought about by the unpredictable, for our usual daily life for the occurrence of depression must be highly valued, and actively go to the regular hospital for treatment, then what are the reasons for suicide in patients with depression?

　　Depression is a form of manic-depressive episode. With emotional depression, slow thinking, as well as reduced and delayed speech movements as typical symptoms. Depression seriously disturbs the patient's life and work, bringing a heavy burden to the family and society, and about 15% of depressed patients die of suicide. A joint study by the World Health Organization, the World Bank and Harvard University shows that depression has become the second largest disease in China's disease burden.

　　 What are the causes of depression suicide

　　First, environmental factors and stress: economic difficulties, interpersonal tension or dramatic changes in lifestyle can promote depression. Sometimes the cause of depression and disease-related, some serious diseases, such as stroke, heart disease, hormone disorders often trigger depression, and make the original disease worse. Also, 1/3 of people with depression have substance abuse problems.

　　Second, biochemical factors: when a person suffers from depression, there is often a decrease in certain chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters. It is believed that an imbalance between two neurotransmitters, 5-hydroxytryptophan and norepinephrine, can lead to depression or anxiety.Decreases in 5-hydroxytryptophan and norepinephrine often lead to low mood, decreased motivation, and changes in appetite and libido.

　　Third, genetic factors are also leading to depression patients on the road to suicide one of the reasons: if the family has a patient with depression, then the risk of depression is higher, this may be due to genetic predisposition to depression is elevated, is a common cause of depression. The heritability of bipolar depression is somewhat higher. However, not everyone with a family history of depression will get it, and not everyone with depression has a family history of depression, which suggests that genetics is not the only factor in depression.

　　About the cause of depression patients friends suicide is the explanation of these contents above, I hope to be able to give the majority of patients and friends to bring help, the occurrence of depression can be said to bring us the harm is unpredictable, for which we in the usual daily life for this disease must pay attention to.