instruction: hello doctor is mental health not as important as or more important than physical health why what seems to be the dominant approach to treating people with depressive disorders and how do you think it could improve to prevent mental health crises namely suicide how should the topic of mental illness and more specifically depression and suicide be discussed what role should religion or faith have in the diagnosis and treatment of depression is suicide morally wrong and why how should it be portrayed in education
output: hello welcome to icliniq com sharing my thoughts based on my professional experience and expertise mental health is as important or probably even more important than physical health because most physical ailment or issue starts within the mind or if it is not for to a mental process its tolerance and recovery depend highly on the mental state of the patient depression has a biological basis of primarily disbalance of the neurotransmitter serotonin so first and foremost medications should be taken which is sari selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor which are a group of medications that help in increasing the level of serotonin and are first line treatment of depression therapy cognitive behavioral therapy cut is one of the most tried and researched form of therapy which works really well for most of the patients therapy and medications combined are gold standards for the treatment of depression suicide is one of the consequences of untreated depression almost 80 90 percent of people who attempt suicide have been estimated to have an underlying mental health disorder so one way to prevent suicide is creating awareness creating resources and trained professionals treating mental health disorders early depression suicide or any mental health issue should be discussed as often as possible and just with the same approach as any medical illness because they all essentially are biological disorders it is important to normalize the approach which helps in reducing the stigma related to mental health role of faith or religion is similar to having any personal goal because they give a sense of purpose but it can be sometimes a negative influence as well because sometimes religion teaches us that our suffering is a consequence of our actions and people often are denied treatment based on this belief suicide has nothing to do with morality it is an end stage consequence of long term suffering it has been proven that people who attempt suicide in most cases have an underlying mental health condition that might have not been detected it is important to address this issue and educate people as much as possible