I think the more important message from this article is why one should NEVER commit suicide. J.K. Rowlings is a great testament to waiting it out. Look how her life turned out.
I do not have any particular regard for her books, but she has certainly become financially successful and will never have the fears and worries she did while being a single, struggling mother.
I think her depression had more to do with the end of the marriage and the stress of single parenthood than the fact that her writing didn’t take off immediately.
But to make an ignorant and unjustified statement about depression as an earlier poster did is ...
well, both ignorant and cruel.
Seven Reasons Not to Commit Suicide
And finally, the one that may be the most effective persuader of all: