While depression is very real we need to understand that not all suicides are due to depression. In my first husband's family we endured two suicides. Neither was due to depression, instead, they both made a choice to escape trouble they got themselves into. The trouble was only a few hours old so I know it was not depression. They made bad choices and this is how they chose to cope. That being said, suicides are so difficult for those left behind and heart goes out to the families.