A Clinically Depressed Individual Who Has Been Threatening Suicide Finally

question 167

Multiple Choice

A clinically depressed individual who has been threatening suicide finally shows a diminishing of depressive symptoms.This person's risk of committing suicide:

• A) has increased dramatically; almost no one who is depressed commits suicide until she or he is recovering.
• B) may have increased,because the person may have the energy to act on the suicidal impulse.
• C) probably has decreased,although a slight risk remains.
• D) has decreased substantially; almost no one who is depressed commits suicide once recovery from depression is under way.

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