#majordepressivedisorder

[saigonreviewvn]

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[provokingdrama]

"Waiting for Something That Will Never Come" c.2006. Acrylic on canvasboard (probably 18"×24"). I may have posted this painting before with its meaning, but right now I'm posting it for the depression I've just emerged from. It's been a really long time since I was in a depressive episode this bad (last time was 2017, although I'm usually fairly depressed most of the time generally). It started in November or October last year and ended fairly recently. It's been miserable. I feel better now though. My psychiatrist thinks I may also have Seasonal Affective Disorder, and I'm thinking I probably do. I grew up in California where sun is obviously consistent but I'd still get depressed in winter (and several summers too. It's weird). Not always, but often. Now I live 1,500 miles north in Canada in the prairies and it seems more likely as the sun is virtually absent in winter. Anyway, just an update, haven't been talking much for the last few months, the depression was why. Thanks for sticking around. ❤ I appreciate it. #art #darkart #mentalhealthmatters #depression #depressiveepisode #blue #acrylicpainting #acrylicart #artistoninstagram #artoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #majordepressivedisorder #schizophrenia #schizoaffective #schizoaffectivedisorder #seasonalaffectivedisorder #SAD #thingsaregettingbetter #tired https://www.instagram.com/p/CpT3phorhoN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#art #darkart #mentalhealthmatters #depression #depressiveepisode #blue #acrylicpainting #acrylicart #artistoninstagram #artoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #majordepressivedisorder #schizophrenia #schizoaffective #schizoaffectivedisorder #seasonalaffectivedisorder #sad #thingsaregettingbetter #tired

[cutelilbubbles]

I love how "kill myself" has a cute lil abbreviation like "I want to kill myself" just sounds morbid and serious but "I want 2 kms~" sounds so cute n nonchalant I luv it sm lol 🙃

btw pls do not worry; I am not currently actively suicidal lol I can just relate hard to the feeling of wanting to fucking die bc I have rly rly fucking horrible, extremely severe depression along with ~several~ other mental disorders lmao but yeah this post should be no cause for ur concern :) so ya just like n reblog this post if u feel me on this orrrrr just calmly ignore n scroll past this post if not.   Xoxo,   Gossip Girl~  

#kms #suicidal #suicidal thoughts #depression #depressed #clinical depression #major depressive disorder #majordepressivedisorder #clinicaldepression #suicidalthoughts #suicide #kill myself #kill my self #killmyself #lol #lmao #tru #truth #so tru #truuu #true

[necromaniackat]

Cause, I feel like I'm the worst So I always act like I'm the best #marinaandthediamonds #ohno #songoftheday #song #lyrics #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocd #otherwisespecifieddissociativedisorder #osdd #majordepressivedisorder #mdd #generalizedanxietydisorder #gad #psych #alternative #alternativegirl #alt #altgirl #eggs #emogirl #pastelemo #goth #gothgirl #pastelgoth #myeyebagsaredesigner https://www.instagram.com/p/ClXWU7KML2B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#marinaandthediamonds #ohno #songoftheday #song #lyrics #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #ocd #otherwisespecifieddissociativedisorder #osdd #majordepressivedisorder #mdd #generalizedanxietydisorder #gad #psych #alternative #alternativegirl #alt #altgirl #eggs #emogirl #pastelemo #goth #gothgirl #pastelgoth #myeyebagsaredesigner

[divaness28]

Sometimes it’s okay to not be okay 😞 ….for those who battle in silence, for those who wear a mask, and for those who have to pretend everyday…I see you. #depression #majordepressivedisorder #anxiety #selfharm #suicidalthoughts #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #panicattacks #bpd #biopolar #schzophrenia #learningdisabilities #comorbidities https://www.instagram.com/p/CdZdZNvrUWB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#depression #majordepressivedisorder #anxiety #selfharm #suicidalthoughts #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #panicattacks #bpd #biopolar #schzophrenia #learningdisabilities #comorbidities

[tallmantall]

#Anxiety #BD #BiPolar #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BPD #CelebratingYourGiftofLife #Depression #JamesDonaldson #JamesDonaldsonMentalHealth #JamesDonaldsonNotes #JamesDonaldsononMentalHealth #MajorDepressiveDisorder #MDD #Mental #MentalHealth #MentalChallenges #MentalHealthAwarenessandSuicidePrevention #MentalHealthDisorders #MentalHealthProfessionals #MentalHealthStigma #MentalIllness #MentalIssues #Patients #Stigma #Stress #Suicide #SuicideAttempts #SuicideRisk

[greyyyspace]

när får VI äran?

when do we get the credit?

#mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #majordepressivedisorder #selfcare #youareworthit

[itsmeclarissal]

This one means a lot to me ❣️ Google : "MovieWeb Clarissa Leigh" Here's the link 🔗🔗🔗 (for SEO purposes) : https://movieweb.com/melancholia-best-film-on-depression-ever/ @kirstendunst @movieweb @blissfulleighdisoriented #melancholia #larsvontrier #kirstendunst #depression #freelancewriter #nowwatching #mustwatch #movie #feature #article #mentalillness #majordepressivedisorder https://www.instagram.com/p/CnIsiPftL3t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#melancholia #larsvontrier #kirstendunst #depression #freelancewriter #nowwatching #mustwatch #movie #feature #article #mentalillness #majordepressivedisorder

[blacklodgemusictx]

#Ketamine: life is exactly as #meaningless as you thought... but you get to #curate the #soundtrack. #MDD #majordepressivedisorder #theresatshirtforthat #treatment #khole #neverfeltbetter #neverfeltworse https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1ByqBLqBt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ketamine #meaningless #curate #soundtrack #mdd #majordepressivedisorder #theresatshirtforthat #treatment #khole #neverfeltbetter #neverfeltworse

[fourletternamespro]

The Truth About Major Depressive Disorder

The Truth About  Major Depressive Disorder Author Stephanie Fjetland M.S.S.W., F.D.S What is "Major Depressive Disorder"? This is a loaded question to me. Finding it to be one of the most Googled mental health topics over and over again made me put it on my top ten starter topics for my mental health and social justice blog, "Kinda Unprofessional" hosted on "The Petty Cow". It was such a commonly searched and cited issue, that almost immediately, I knew that it had to become my second topic out of the almost 200 topics I told myself that I would write freely  about.  People ask this question for a lot of reasons. They need an answer for how they or someone they love is feeling or behaving. They want or desire validation, reference, or resource towards an answer that goes deeper than just questioning the powers of the internet. The reality of what someone is feeling and thinking when printed in black and white holds a lot of weight to the reader. The complications behind the information are at the discretion of the writer. The motive behind the writing then becomes who am I answering this question for? What do I know? What do I believe they need to know? How can I be of use to those asking? That’s how I walk into this topic. I could do an essay based on regurgitating the DSM V criteria, which I do touch on here to some extent.  I could hire someone with a PHD to write 1500 clinical and respectable words about the topic and hope the algorithm finds me useful enough to get site views.  Alternatively, I could approach it like I do everything. Carefully, with respect, with disclosure, with experience, and with far too many words for one article.  I had to remind myself that my mission is to be useful and concise. I choose to start with the most basic psychosocial and educational explanation of the topic. Then explain the diagnostic criteria for the decision. Then I go into the things I don't believe anyone else credentialed is willing to tell you. I believe everyone needs to have access to information. With that being said, I believe they also need the opportunity to understand the information. Over the course of my career, more than anything, the thing my former patients and clients needed and appreciated about me was that I told them the truth. Major Depressive Disorder is defined as a diagnosable psychological and chemical mental disorder that affects the way a person feels, thinks, functions and behaves. It is characterized by not just the manifestation of low mood and sadness. It is a chronic imbalance. It is a cyclic and episodic. When authentic it is lethal when untreated. Major Depressive Disorder is diagnosed by clinically observing the symptoms in historical report, physical presentation over time, biology, psychosocial history, and when done correctly it is diagnosed after a full spectrum initial assessment and clinical interview using scientific testing and tools like questionnaires or scaled symptom surveys designed by empirically designed by psychologists. It is not something that should be given as a label during a fifteen minute interview while in crisis. Just because a person feels depressed it does not mean they have a serious chronic mood disorder. When transparent and best practicing, Major Depressive Disorder is a serious condition that shouldn’t be taken lightly. There are several other types of depression or explanations for psychological depression, physiological depression, and social or occupational dysfunction. It is important to know that just because you are depressed doesn’t mean you have major depression disorder. Alternatively, it also means that if a person does have it, it can be managed when appropriately diagnosed and treated.  Whatever type of experience someone might be seeking answers to, there can be hope.  If a person has experienced a trauma, loss, or is going through a circumstantial or biological transition there is a good chance their symptoms can be managed or changed by gaining insight, therapies, non medicinal treatment modules, and time.  "Depression" when reported in layman’s terms is not a good barometer for a true prognosis of illness.  Don’t allow yourself to count yourself out as hopeless because you're feeling dissonant or traumatized and don’t have the words to explain it to yourself. Those are different things with different causes and implications.  At the same time, if you continue to meet criteria for Major Depressive Disorder and are suffering the effects of such symptoms you may very well benefit from and find relief from the appropriate treatments. There is a dangerously fine line in between mood and medicine. If you are thinking of harming yourself or someone else please go to the bottom of the page and call someone for help. So what are the symptoms and diagnostic  criteria for Major Depressive Disorder? Diagnostics begin with the experience of multiple congruent symptoms that onset and establish for over at least a two week time period. Meaning a person is having multiple symptoms at the same time and they are unchanged over a measurable period of time at minimum.  If you lost someone to death, lost your job, or ended a long term relationship last week you may feel trapped in depression but it doesn’t mean it is major depressive disorder.  That is not said to negate the severity of the feelings or the potential of risk of self that those circumstances might create. Those are valid, complicated, and life altering experiences. These experiences deserve the opportunity of time and discernment to be treated as such for the best outcome before being labeled as a chronic mood disorder. You can be devastated by an event and not be suicidal. You can be chronically suicidal and have your sociological and rational needs met.  The foundation you build your truth and treatment plan from deserves to be fully informed and appropriately assessed, period.  Two people may present with the same feelings and symptoms in one moment but one might need time and psychological processing in therapy temporarily then return to fully functioning. Meanwhile another expressing the same feelings and perceptions might need life long medication management to achieve a functional baseline or continue to decline despite motivation for change. Major Depressive Disorder is overdiagnosed as a gateway to treatment in more settings than it should be. It is often an umbrella disorder used by ten minute clinicians in order to open the door to insurance benefits and billing in different levels of treatment and therapies.  It is often blanketly misdiagnosed as it is used as an initial excuse to treat a patient in a moment of crisis without acuity, and it often leads to psychotropic medications and treatment planning that is inappropriate for the individual patient in their long term reality.  I cannot leave that information out.  The diagnosis of this disorder is a double edged sword not to be taken lightly.  That being said, lets focus on what it is and what to do about it.  The diagnostic criteria for MDD per the current diagnostics manual, The DSMV, include experiencing at least four of the following symptoms for at least two weeks and more.  Symptoms include:  Loss of interest Depressed mood Weight gain or loss Psychomotor agitation or retardation Feeling worthless or unjustifiably guilty Decreased concentration and Thoughts of death or suicide

When the disorder is active, the manifestation of the combination of these symptoms begins to outwardly affect a person physically, socially, and occupationally if untreated or inappropriately treated. If you are able and insightful, do a self check with yourself and your symptoms. If you don’t remember how you have been feeling or behaving or how long you've felt that way, write down how you assess yourself today and make a goal to revisit your thoughts and what you wrote down after two weeks go by.  This allows you to see where you find yourself currently and again after tracking yourself for a measurable interval of time.  In two weeks time you might have motivated yourself out of what could have been a dark time or circumstance or you might find yourself deciding it is time to seek potential treatment for symptoms that are sustaining.  Symptoms don’t equal forever or a lifetime in reality. Feeling depressed may go as deep as forever emotionally but understanding that it is a chemical response and can potentially be changed for the better is empowering.  If you find yourself still suffering the side effects of depression or another disorder, allow yourself the muster and priority to seek treatment. You deserve it.  Take what you wrote with you when you seek and find help.  Statistics for Major Depressive Disorder show the disorder is more prominent in women, adolescence, and people claiming more than one cultural ethnicity. Risk factors include heredity, substance use, socioeconomic disprivilege, intellectual delay, and trauma. You can read the specifics in the references section at the end of this article. What you need to know is like I mentioned previously Major Depressive Disorder is a diagnostic double edge sword. It is often over diagnosed and misdiagnosed used as a catch all blanket diagnostic in early stages of treatment.  A "working" or "initial" diagnosis is just a starting point for clinicians and doctors to use in filing insurance claims for treatment. While doctors are required to name what illness or disorder they will be treating in order to be reimbursed by health insurances, true diagnostics require time. They also require historical review and the assessment of symptoms over time to be diagnosed accurately.  In acute inpatient settings and many county funded mental health authority clinics the treatable conditions are limited to only a few specific and over generalized diagnostics. Sometimes the only way a person gets treatment is by getting qualified to be treated for the wrong thing.   Major Depressive Disorder is often used as a way for hospitals and indigent clinics to qualify a person or their payor source in order to receive payment. Healthcare is an industry not a person.  If person who lost a loved one to death goes into an inpatient psychiatric treatment facility for suicidal ideations during early bereavement the hospital can't bill their insurance for grief or circumstantial depression.  The hospital has to label them something they can get paid for. So doctor's narrow their opinions down to the most likely left on the list of things they know they can get paid for.   The patient may not actually need or benefit from the treatment planning or medications that are approved to be used for treating a chronic mood disorder. It might be detrimental or hinder progress. First time inpatient patients are often discharged for follow up outpatient care that may or may not continue in approximate or appropriate treatment.  They might be set up for failure at the gate. Oftentimes therapy is recommended but unattainable as an out of pocket cost. Contemporarily  clinicians are more often choosing not to work with insurances and offer cash only services to provide services at all.   Charity and sliding scale programs often require proof of low income and indigence. They often have waitlists and long admission processes that delay the patient from being able to continue recommended treatment or the refilling medications started by hospital doctors. Stopping these medications can be dangerous and create the patient more problems psychologically and biologically than they started with.  The experience of running into complicated social service access barriers while already in a state of mood episode or crisis is frustrating and defeating. Trying to find help and being denied access often makes the person seeking help feel more depressed and hopeless as they run into roadblocks and dramatically discontinue mind altering psychotropic medications.  The diagnosis and treatment of Major Depressive Disorder is not something to be taken lightly. While you may very well be suffering the symptoms of an imbalance I think everyone deserves the empowerment of being informed of the reality of contemporary practices in medicine and social welfare. These systems and processes put in place for treatment are often not acting in the best interest of the person in the real world. There may be some setbacks and roadblocks to finding a course to effective and accessible resources that work.  Major Depression is a cyclic and chronic condition. It's truth is that there will be more episodes over time. It will likely relapse. It will require maintenance to keep an established baseline. Once in remission, it will require diligence in preventative measures and supports to help prevent and lessen the future onset of symptoms. A person may find their perfect drug or reason for living in their first battle with symptoms but those cases are often not true major depression.  Consequences of unmanaged or inappropriately treated Major Depression often result in more the person experiencing exaggerated symptoms and further social and occupational impairment. Death by suicide is a common side effect of the symptoms of the illness when untreated.  The reality is that it is a true disorder and should be respected as such. The silver lining is that it can also be treated in a way that restores the person's quality of life and functioning when resources are accessible.  Education is the key to empowerment and progress.  Resilience comes from continuing to seek options and retaining your will to survive while surviving something difficult. We all have that in us.  I like to think that if we took all the social and political implications of mental health practices off the table, everyone could find their way to a balanced and sustainable life they enjoy living. If you or someone you know is experiencing the symptoms listed please seek resources for appropriate treatment. It can change your life.  If you are struggling to access services and feel hopeless in your quest for relief please know those feelings are real and valid. You deserve better than our system is set up. Please don't allow these barriers to prevent you from continuing to try to find your way to a healthy lifestyle. I struggle with what resources to offer since I am distrusting and jaded after spending a career in clinical social work and human service. I am also not practicing, not treating, and not liable for the consequences of anyone's thoughts, choices, or behaviors.  NAMI is a great starting place for resources and education.  They can help guide you to resources in your area. Service areas have so many differences that I can do justice to a single individual while speaking globally to the whole.  NAMI is an excellent place to find information and education for a variety of mental health disorders and resources. It is supportive to family members seeking guidance and support. It is national and regionalized. You can visit their site here.

https://nami.org/Home If you are looking for something to change how you feel for the better in this moment and you aren't tired of reading, check out my last post "15 Things You Can Do Right Now to Recover From a Setback" below. https://thepettycow.com/2022/07/24/15-things-you-can-do-right-now-to-recover-from-a-setback/ If you are thinking of harming yourself or someone else please call your local mental health authority or hotline number for crisis intervention and referral.  These symptoms can come to pass. Time and circumstances will come to change. It can get better.  The national suicide crisis operates twenty four hours a day by calling the number or visiting their website below. https://988lifeline.org/ If you enjoyed this article please comment, share, like The Petty Cow on social media and join the mailing list for updates on new content on other topics. Our goal is achieve sustainable revenue though ads and traffic that allow for the content to remain free for everyone. If you want to support the causes check out our store or you can donate below.

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www.fourletternamespro.com Other references: "Are You Going Through Depression?"  https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/youareworthit/?page_id=50 https://eiko-fried.com/10377-ways-for-major-depression-but-341737-ways-for-melancholia/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression#:~:text=PrevalenceofMajorDepressiveEpisodeAmongAdults,-Figure1shows&text=Anestimated21.0millionadults,comparedtomales(6.2). Read the full article

#blog #depression #kindaunprofessional #majordepressivedisorder #mdd #mentalhealth #psychoeducation #psychology #resources #socialjustice #socialwork #whatismajordepression

[provokingdrama]

"Hidden Pain Pleading For Recognition" c.2004. Acrylic on canvasboard. I painted this during one of the worst depressive episodes of my life. When I was in high school (years before) I took an intro to psychology class, and one of the things I learned was that depression was anger turned inward. It may not be accurate for every case but it was accurate for me at the time. Its probably still accurate now. I was an incredibly angry teen, angry that my depression seemed to go unnoticed by everyone I knew, angry that my so-called "friends" used me and treated me horribly before ostracizing me. Angry that no one in the church I was in at the time saw that I was in incredible, suicidal pain... so many accusations to throw around. I was furious and horribly depressed. Instead I learned to hate myself. Somehow I "deserved" not to be noticed, deserved the horrible friends I had, things were all my fault for not speaking up and making people aware I was in so much pain. I hated myself and everyone else. Sometimes deep pain expresses itself as rage or anger. That's what happened to me. That's what this painting is about, hence the title. . #art #darkart #darkartists #rage #anger #pain #depression #clinicaldepression #majordepressivedisorder #mentalhealthmatters #outsiderart #visionaryart #furious #depressed #wornout #acrylicart #acrylicpainting #acrylics #colorful #screaming #surrealart #surrealism #cathartic #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #igart #igartist #artistsofinstagram #instaartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CgNYmDHvNul/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#art #darkart #darkartists #rage #anger #pain #depression #clinicaldepression #majordepressivedisorder #mentalhealthmatters #outsiderart #visionaryart #furious #depressed #wornout #acrylicart #acrylicpainting #acrylics #colorful #screaming #surrealart #surrealism #cathartic #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #igart #igartist #artistsofinstagram #instaartist

[amidthecringe]

It continues to create amid the cringe… #amidthecringe #autism #majordepressivedisorder #drawings #autismacceptance #trippyart #creepyart #pencildrawing #monsters #monsterdrawings https://www.instagram.com/p/CeE2CFXuZU-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#amidthecringe #autism #majordepressivedisorder #drawings #autismacceptance #trippyart #creepyart #pencildrawing #monsters #monsterdrawings

[necromaniackat]

✨️Need to purge my urges. Shame, shame, shame ✨️ #vundabar #alienblues #indie #indiemusic #ineedtopurgemyurges #shameshameshame #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #mdd #majordepressivedisorder #gad #generalizedanxietydisorder #ed #anorexia #shein #alternative #alternativegirl #alt #altgirl #emo #emogirl #pastelemo #goth #gothgirl #pastelgoth https://www.instagram.com/p/CmAdx4zMyKr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#vundabar #alienblues #indie #indiemusic #ineedtopurgemyurges #shameshameshame #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #mdd #majordepressivedisorder #gad #generalizedanxietydisorder #ed #anorexia #shein #alternative #alternativegirl #alt #altgirl #emo #emogirl #pastelemo #goth #gothgirl #pastelgoth

[divaness28]

Read it again. May is #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #depression #majordepressivedisorder #bipolar #bpd #schizophrenia #anxiety #panicattacks #ptsd https://www.instagram.com/p/CdzX8c0rN8W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#mentalhealthawarenessmonth #depression #majordepressivedisorder #bipolar #bpd #schizophrenia #anxiety #panicattacks #ptsd

[katimorton]

When someone you care about is hurting, it's natural to want them to feel better. It can be almost instinctive to try to offer some words that are intended as encouragement, but sometimes - in that process - we end up doing more harm than good. When someone we love is dealing with #depression, it is important to be mindful of the words we use.. Here are five things I would encourage you to avoid when speaking with someone who is struggling. What would you add to this list? Share in the comments below!! #mentalhealth #majordepressivedisorder — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/4NcQ6PL

#Instagram #IFTTT

[tallmantall]

#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder Increases #SuicideRisk In #Depression, #BipolarDisorder

Giuliana Grossi The findings underscore the importance of considering both the severity of #BPD features and changes in depressive symptoms when assessing risk of #suicide. John Söderholm, MD A new study aimed to further the understanding of #suiciderisk in individuals with #majordepressivedisorder (#MDD), #bipolardisorder (#BD), and #borderlinepersonalitydisorder (#BPD), revealing the significant impact of comorbid BPD on the risk of #suicideattempt.1 #Suicide claims the lives of millions of people worldwide each year. The findings underscore the importance of considering both the severity of BPD features and changes in depressive symptoms when assessing risk of #suicide. “Don’t try to manage their suicidality with repeated hospitalizations if you can do something different,” Choi-Kain said in a previous interview with HCPLive. “Don’t give them polypharmacy if it’s not guided. Give them reasonable expectations for what those medications could do.”2 Among individuals with #mentalhealthdisorders, those diagnosed with MDD, BD, and BPD face particularly high #suiciderisks. However, understanding the similarities and differences in suicidal ideation and #suicideattempts between these disorders is still an area of ongoing research.1 #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space.  #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleFind out more about the work I do on my 501c3 non-profit foundationwebsite www.yourgiftoflife.org Order your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife: From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy www.celebratingyourgiftoflife.com John J Söderholm, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, and investigators sought to summarize the findings of a study that examined the risk levels and factors associated with #suicideideation and #suicideattempt in #patients with MDD, BD, and BPD. The cohort study followed a group of treatment-seeking #patients experiencing a major depressive episode (MDE) over a period of 6 months. The #patients were divided into 3 subcohorts: MDE/MDD, MDE/BD, and MDE/BPD. Investigators utilized biweekly online surveys, specifically modified versions of the Patient Health Questionnaire 9, to assess #depression severity and #suicideideation. Multi-level modeling was employed to analyze the relationship between changes in #depression symptoms and #suicideideation over time. Results revealed individuals diagnosed with BPD had a significantly higher risk of #suicideattempt (22.2%) compared with non-BPD #patients (4.23%). Regression models demonstrated that the severity of BPD symptoms was strongly correlated with the risk of #suicideattempt and clinically significant #suicide ideation. Investigators noted that regardless of the specific diagnosis, the mean #depression severity and changes in depressive symptoms were associated with #suicideideation risk during the follow-up period. These findings suggest an emphasis of consideration on comorbid BPD in individuals with #depression, as it appears to be a significant predictor of higher #suicideattempt risk. The severity of BPD features should be taken into account when assessing the risk of both #suicideattempt and #suicideideation in #patients experiencing a MDE. Investigators wrote these changes in depressive symptoms can serve as an indicator of concurrent fluctuations in #suicideideation risk and monitoring depressive symptoms continuously may prove to be a useful index for assessing #suicide risk. Further, the results highlight the need for clinicians to be vigilant in identifying and addressing #suiciderisk, particularly in #patients with comorbid BPD and depression, the study noted. The findings also emphasized the importance of ongoing monitoring of depressive symptoms to assess changes in #suiciderisk over time. Investigators acknowledged further research is needed explore effective intervention strategies and identify specific factors contributing to the heightened #suiciderisk associated with BPD, as well as evaluate the impact of targeted treatments for reducing #suiciderisk in this population. “Concurrent BPD in #depression seems predictive for high risk of SA. Severity of BPD features is relevant for assessing risk of SA and SI in MDE,” the team wrote. “Changes in depressive symptoms indicate concurrent changes in risk of SI. BPD status at intake can index risk for future SA, whereas depressive symptoms appear a useful continuously monitored risk index.” Read the full article