Please contact us if you wish to reproduce our content. Too often, this charting reflects the expected as opposed to the actual. A nurse documented a sedated patient's condition three times without ever seeing the patient. The patient had been repeatedly admitted for suicidal ideation and symptoms of depression . A person who suffers from a major depressive disorder must either have a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities consistently for at least a 2 week period.
Suicide is the most tragic consequence of depression.
An estimated 300,000 Americans attempt suicide annually, and about 30,000 take their own lives. You don't have to be a physician or psychologist to recognize the warning signs of suicide. Or call 911 or a local crisis intervention agency. Sometimes I just want to go to sleep and not wake up. I'm thinking about killing myself.