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A practical guide to suicide prevention
Everyone at some point will be affected by suicide. It might be the suicide of a neighbour, friend, colleague or family member; or the suicide of a well-known or public figure. Some of us might have suicidal thoughts. There are many causes of suicide and this means that one simple solution or single response will not be enough if we are to reduce the numbers of people acting on thoughts of suicide.
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Bipolar Disorder, a practical guide book
Bipolar disorder or manic-depressive illness is a serious medical illness in which a person experiences depression lasting weeks or months, alternating with bouts of “highs” or mania of variable duration. For months, even years, the person’s mood is otherwise perfectly normal. The term bipolar disorder is replacing the term manic-depressive illness, in that it refers to both phases of mood disturbance. For people with mania, who do not have the accompanying depressive episodes, it is still referred to as bipolar disorder.
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Coping with depression
Depression has a number of possible causes. For some people, it comes about as a result of a traumatic life event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or financial difficulties. In other situations, the person may have an inherent tendency towards depression. Genetic factors can be key in the case of bipolar disorder, another type of mood disorder which involves periods of depression as well as periods of elation, where the mood is significantly higher than normal and the person may have
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Depression & Young people
Depression has a number of possible causes. For some people, it comes about as a result of a traumatic life event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or financial difficulties. In other situations, the person may have an inherent tendency towards depression. Genetic factors can be key in the case of bipolar disorder, another type of mood disorder which involves periods of depression as well as periods of elation, where the mood is significantly higher than normal and the person may have
excessive energy, little need for sleep and may have grandiose ideas and engage in risk-taking behaviour. - Download File
Depression later in life
Worldwide, life expectancy is increasing. Currently about 10% of the world’s population is made up of older adults (aged 65 and above). This figure is set to rise steadily, to as much as 30% in some societies. To put this in context we need to look at some figures: in 1950 the population of the world’s elderly was 200 million and this is estimated to rise to 1.2 billion by 2025, a six fold increase in only 75 years. The most significant increase in older people living longer is found, not surprisingly, in developed countries like Ireland whose birth rate along with other European countries has been falling. For mental health, these changing shifts in our population structure, will mean an increase in conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, but also in depressive disorders. Depression affects about one in ten people aged over 65, making it the most common of the mental health disorders of later life.
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Keeping hope alive, guide for family & friends
If somebody close to you has become depressed, you will know by now that this is not a trivial condition. As illnesses go, it is under rated by those who have not experienced it, under reported by those who are in its grip, and because of these factors and others it is significantly under treated. Yet, one in three people have a full-blown depressive episode at some stage in their lives. In reality few, if any, people go through the different stages of life without some experience of depression.
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Post Natal Depression
Having a baby is a major event in any woman’s life and this is particularly so in the case of a first baby. Motherhood is an exciting and wonderful experience. Baby books and magazines expound at length about the joys of parenthood. This booklet is designed to explain both the normal and abnormal emotional responses which may follow on the birth of a new baby. Emotional distress following delivery ranges from the very common, mild and short lived “baby blues”, through postnatal depression, to the more serious but rare condition, Puerperal Psychosis. Although there is emphasis on postnatal depression in this booklet, happily the vast majority of women, 85% of them, succeed in getting through pregnancy, childbirth and the year that follows, without any major psychological difficulties. Remember, if you have postnatal depression, do not despair, it is treatable and you will make a full recovery.
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Supporting people with depression
Depression has a number of possible causes. For some people, it comes about as a result of a traumatic life event such as bereavement, relationship breakdown or financial difficulties. In other situations, the person may have an inherent tendency towards depression. Genetic factors can be key in the case of bipolar disorder, another type of mood disorder which involves periods of depression as well as periods of elation, where the mood is significantly higher than normal and the person may have
excessive energy, little need for sleep and may have grandiose ideas and engage in risk-taking behaviour.
