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Before she tried to kill herself by jumping from her dormitory building a year ago, no one knew Xing Hua (name changed for privacy), a 22-year-old economics postgraduate from Wuhan, was suffering from depression. She narrowly escaped death, but suffered severe internal injuries and multiple broken bones. 一年前，星华（为保护隐私，此处使用化名）试图从宿舍楼一跃而下来结束自己的生命，在那之前并没有人知道这位来自武汉的22岁的经济学研究生一直饱受抑郁症的折磨。虽然她逃过了一劫，但仍遭受严重内伤以及多处骨折。 “I was in great pain,” said Xing. “Only depression victims could understand the despair – a desperation so great that life itself seems not to matter any more.” “我非常痛苦，”星华说道，“只有抑郁症患者才能理解那份绝望。心如死灰，以致于活着与否无所谓。” This year, the World Mental Health Day on Oct 10 was marked by the theme: “Depression: A Global Crisis”. According to the World Federation for Mental Health and the WHO, depression has moved beyond the medical domain to become a social problem. 今年10月10日的心理卫生日主题为：“抑郁症：一个全球性危机”。世界精神卫生联盟以及世界卫生组织表示，抑郁症已经超越医疗领域，成为社会问题。 Statistics from the Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center show that of the 287,000 people who commit suicide in China every year, 70 percent are victims of depression. | 
