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Peer reviewedRange, Lillian M. – Journal of Personal & Interpersonal Loss, 1998
The pragmatic question of assessing a client's situation with regard to rational suicide is raised. A review of the nine criteria for a diagnosis of clinical depression is suggested as a good way to explore the possibility of clinical depression in a terminally ill person who is considering suicide. (Author/EMK)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Counseling Techniques, Death, Depression (Psychology)
Peer reviewedValente, Sharon M. – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1994
Notes that people over age 60 have highest suicide rates and comprise one-fourth of all suicides. Presents case study illustrating risk assessment and intervention with elderly woman. Examines clinical issues related to recognition of suicidal elderly patients and presents practical approach to early detection, evaluation, and management of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chronic Illness, Counseling Techniques, Death
