For those with alcohol or drug problems, recovery can be long and difficult, but can be done. Those with more severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia may hope for great improvement in their disease with the aid of medication and regular psychiatric care. Whether no treatment is recommended or medicines and counseling are suggested, following through on treatment is the best means of prevention. Suicidal thoughts can be frightening, and they can indicate a serious illness. They have a real disease.
Real medicines are usually successful in treatment.
If you feel that someone is depressed, ask. If you are concerned that someone might be considering suicide, ask. If someone volunteers to you that they are thinking about suicide, please listen. It might be the only cry for help they utter. If the evaluating physician feels that a person s suicidal thoughts are of a dangerous nature, follow-up is likely to be immediate with admission to the hospital.