an epidemic of melancholy proportions <br />is sweeping through many societies countries <br />despair dejection sadness misery hopelessness <br />are recession downturn decline consequences <br /> <br />suicide globally haunts many countries cultures <br />suicide globally engulfs preys upon countries cultures <br /> <br />many countries cultures ethnic societies <br />never even developed coined a word for depression <br />yet globally according to recent studies <br />fifty percent of women suffer episodes of depression <br /> <br />yearly mainly <br />each at least <br />a single episode <br /> <br />as opposed <br />to only ten <br />percent of men <br /> <br />ask the question <br />is depression <br />an issue the world <br /> <br />should take seriously... <br /> <br />one million people a year <br />are cured permanently <br />one million people a year succeed <br />in their attempts at suicide <br /> <br />issue depression needs countries cultures to address <br />society wide ways to address negative mind problems <br />depression has become a diabolical mind field killer <br />when will we learn to honour all our human family?<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-epidemic-of-melancholy-proportions/
