According to Hu Wei-heng, President of the Taipei City Psychiatric Center, studies in the West have found that 45-70 % of those who commit suicide are suffering clinical depression, while 15 % of clinically depressed people die by suicide.
台北市立療養院院長胡維恆指出，歐美的研究顯示，自殺死亡者中有百分之四十五到七十是憂鬱症病人，憂鬱症病人中有百分之十五死於自殺。