Mental and Emotional Health: Understanding Depression, Suicide, and Death

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After you have completed this section, you will be able to:

  1. Define depression, suicide, death, and grieving and how they can affect you and your family.
  2. Examine causes and effects of depression.
  3. Develop strategies for coping with depression.
  4. Examine issues related to death and grieving.
  5. Describe strategies to prevent suicides.
  6. Identify decision-making skills that promote mental and emotional health.