Depression Survey PLEASE HELP!?

Question

Hi, As part of my English class im writing a paper about depression/suicide and it would significantly help me if you could please give a couple of minutes of your time to answer a few quick questions. Thank you very much.
Depression Survey

Purpose: TAFE assignment to practice research skills.

Subject: Depression/Suicide

Responder information:

Male or Female:

Age: Under 13, 13-17, 18-29, 30-45, and Over 45?

Questions:

Part 1-Depression

1a: Have you suffered from depression?

1b: How long have you suffered from depression?

1c: What do you think is the cause of your problems (e.g. home life, relationship troubles, childhood trauma, stress?)

Part 2-Suicide

2a: Have you ever contemplated suicide?

2b: Have you ever attempted suicide?

2c: If so, how many times and what method?

2d: Do you still sometimes think about suicide?

Part 3-Treatment

3a: Have you ever spoken to a counselor?

3b: Have you even taken anti-depressants?

3c: How do you think depression can be overcome?

Thank you very much to everyone who participated in this survey
I really appreciate it

Answer 1

Male or Female: F

Age: Under 13, 13-17, 18-29, 30-45, and Over 45? 29

Questions:

Part 1-Depression

1a: Have you suffered from depression? I think so

1b: How long have you suffered from depression? if at all, about a year

1c: What do you think is the cause of your problems (e.g. home life, relationship troubles, childhood trauma, stress?)
hereditary, anxiety, relationship, life changes
Part 2-Suicide

2a: Have you ever contemplated suicide?no

2b: Have you ever attempted suicide?no

2c: If so, how many times and what method?na

2d: Do you still sometimes think about suicide?na

Part 3-Treatment

3a: Have you ever spoken to a counselor? no

3b: Have you even taken anti-depressants? yes, but more for anxiety. Never felt depressed until the last few years.

3c: How do you think depression can be overcome? Anti-depressants help greatly with mood elevation

Answer 2

Female.

13-17.

Part 1 - Depression

1a: Have you suffered from depression? Yes.

1b: How long have you suffered from depression? 2/3 years.

1c: What do you think is the cause of your problems (e.g. home life, relationship troubles, childhood trauma, stress?) I don't want to answer that nor do I really know.

Part 2 - Suicide

2a: Have you ever contemplated suicide? Yes.

2b: Have you ever attempted suicide? No.

2c: If so, how many times and what method? N/A.

2d: Do you still sometimes think about suicide? All the time.

Part 3 - Treatment

3a: Have you ever spoken to a counselor? Every two weeks.

3b: Have you even taken anti-depressants? On 'em now.

3c: How do you think depression can be overcome? I don't think it can be. It never fully goes away, you just learn to cope with it. But this can only be done with therapy and medication.

Answer 3

Male or Female: Male

Age: 13-17

Questions:

Part 1-Depression

1a: Have you suffered from depression? Yep

1b: How long have you suffered from depression? 4/5 Years

1c: What do you think is the cause of your problems (e.g. home life, relationship troubles, childhood trauma, stress?) Medical level: May be hereditary.
Environment: Mixture of stuff really - generally my relations with people

Part 2-Suicide

2a: Have you ever contemplated suicide? Nope

2b: Have you ever attempted suicide? Nope

2c: If so, how many times and what method? N/A

2d: Do you still sometimes think about suicide? Never to the point i'd consider it. I'm definately optimistic in that regard.

Part 3-Treatment

3a: Have you ever spoken to a counselor? Yep

3b: Have you even taken anti-depressants? Yep on them

3c: How do you think depression can be overcome? Personal battle tbh. Medication and therapy helps; but if you know of a particular reason why you're so depressed you just have to work on it.

Note: I suffer from dysthymia

Answer 4

Purpose: TAFE assignment to practice research skills.

Subject: Depression/Suicide

Responder information: huh?

Male or Female: Female

Age: Under 13, 13-17, 18-29, 30-45, and Over 45? under 13

Questions:??

Part 1-Depression

1a: Have you suffered from depression?yes

1b: How long have you suffered from depression?
2-3 years

1c: What do you think is the cause of your problems (e.g. home life, relationship troubles, childhood trauma, stress?)
home life,relationship troubles, stress
Part 2-Suicide

2a: Have you ever contemplated suicide?
i tried yes
2b: Have you ever attempted suicide?
yes
2c: If so, how many times and what method?
3 tmes 1.hanging myself, 2.stabbing myself, 3. cuttin myself
2d: Do you still sometimes think about suicide?
all the time
Part 3-Treatment

3a: Have you ever spoken to a counselor?
no
3b: Have you even taken anti-depressants?
no
3c: How do you think depression can be overcome?
not mine

Answer 5

Female. age 41. yes I have suffered from depression. Since I was 16 years old. I have bi polar disorder. I have contemplated suicide in the past. I have not attempted suicide. Sometimes I think about suicide. I see a therapist monthly and make phone calls to her when I am overwhelmed by something. I take an anti depressant and a mood stabilizer. Anti depressants make a significant difference, but I think talking to a therapist is necessary as well, the two combined really.

Answer 6

1a, yes, I have suffered from depression in the past.
1b, it lasted for around 15 years, and then I figured out what was causing it.
1c. negative self-conversation. The inability to understand the power of the words we speak to our self.
2a, yes, I have had several people that I loved commit suicide, and after that, you cannot help but put it into your list of possible options. (that is until you understand how your own self conversation influences you).
2b, no.
2c none
2d no
3a yes
3b no
3c. depression can be caused by real physical/mental problems that are beyond the ability of our brains to think through them, or they can be caused by our ability, as human beings, to conduct a conversation with our self that is unhealthy. Understanding the power of our own self-conversation with our self, and how it is generated, can greatly help a person to understand that they are not the conversation that they are having with their self. Not identifying with this self-conversation by creating quit in the mind will help many. Stepping out of time and into now.

Answer 7

female, 30-45
1a)yes b)probably since i was a teenager, it's only been within the last 5 years that i have recognized it. c). stress, relationships.... I was a very "angry" child but i cant exactly pinpoint the reasons

2a) yes b) no c)n/a d) think, yes. would never consider it since i have a child

3a) yes, two b) I take 2 different kinds, and a third as needed 3c) i think a combination of drugs and therapy. self reflecting and self accepting.

Answer 8

Female
Age 30-45
1a. yes
1b. since puberty
1c. childhood trauma and my inability to express it to those who could keep it from being repeated.

2a. yes
2b. yes
2c. thankfully, only once. Pills and a bottle of Jack Daniels, although I ended up marrying an abusive drug addict and alcoholic who took over the efforts for me.
2d. no. I now have children who depend on me to help them navigate life.

3a. oh yeah.
3b. yep
3c. The only way to overcome depression is to get help. Medication, a really well-educated therapist who's personality meshes well with yours, and a whole lot of work.

Answer 9

a million. Do you have scientific melancholy or think of you need to? I easily have been clinically determined with scientific melancholy and bipolar illness and that i've got taken the appropriate styles of drugs as a manner to no longer sense the indications as heavily. 2. once you sense depressed does self-injury pastime you? I easily have self-harmed on and rancid in view that i replaced into eleven and am now 15. I easily have been self-injury loose for a pair of months yet each each now and then sense like relapsing.

Answer 10

female 30-45. 1a. yes. 1b. 16yrs. 1c. Hereditary.
2a. yes 2b. yes 2c. Pills, car exhaust, bag over head, tried approx 10 times. 2d. yes.
3a. yes. 3b. yes still do. 3c. Managed not always overcome, depending on how severe.