If you need assistance, please call our physician liaison. That is 25 times that of the general population. No age group, race or social class is exempt. Suicide is an unnecessary impulse, easily overcome and eliminated with cognitive therapy. The worst mistake is not talking to a professional - They are trained to detect seriousness and react.
All thoughts are to be taken seriously.
It would be naive to say depressed people don't have a real problem. However, when depressed, it is easy to confuse a legitimate illness, for example, with being lazy, worthless, etc. Easy to confuse feelings with facts. Such difficulties can nearly always be coped with in a reasonable manner without suicide. Drugs are dangerous.