All of these categories of people have a high risk of committing suicide. No hope for the future Professor Hsu Wen-yau of the Department of Psychology at National Chengchi University points out that although a large proportion of suicide victims suffer from depression, depression and suicide ought not to be equated, because otherwise it will prove very difficult to face squarely and debate the many other types of suicide.
對未來沒有期待雖然自殺者有相當高比例患有憂鬱症，但政大心理學系教授許文耀提醒，自殺不能與憂鬱症劃上等號。「談自殺的邏輯不能只集中在憂鬱症，否則其他種種的自殺現象很難被正視、討論，」許文耀分析，自殺的發生可分為慢性歷程與急性歷程。