Ordinarily older adults are not depressed. When personality changes are observed in older adults, they do not signal the inevitable course of aging, but do indicate symptoms associated with mental health problems that are treatable. Effective treatment and social supports can affect the onset and course of dementia. Mental illness doesn't happen in a good Christian family. Mental illness may happen to someone else, but it won't happen to me because 'm a believer.
Depression is a part of life and can be resolved through prayer without medical treatment.
Mental illness is a personal failure, a sin. Mental Illness can strike anyone regardless of race, sex, age or religion. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water . Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people. It is thought to be ten times more common in boys than girls.