DEPRESSION - WARNING SIGNS
Observable signs of serious depression:
- Unrelenting low mood
- Pessimism
- Hopelessness
- Desperation
- Anxiety, psychic pain, inner tension
- Withdrawal
- Sleep problems
Increased alcohol and/or other drug use
Recent impulsiveness and taking unnecessary risks
Threatening suicide or expressing strong wish to die
Making a plan:
- Giving away prized possessions
- Purchasing a firearm
- Obtaining other means of killing oneself